Ephesians 3:2-12 / Luke 12:39-48
It is said that the best way to avoid disappointment is not to expect anything from anyone.
That may be practical enough if we want to live our lives not bothering about anyone and also not wanting anyone to bother us.
But the fact of life is that we live with others. And in living with others, then they will bother us and at the same time we will also bother them, whether we like it or not.
And that would also mean that they would expect something from us and we will also expect something from them.
In the gospel Jesus said that we must stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour we do not expect.
So Jesus is expecting us to be ready at all times, and yet we cannot expect Him to tell us when He is coming. And to make it even more unnerving, He tells us that He will come at an hour we do not expect (Sigh!)
But if we understood what the 1st reading tells us then we would not be afraid or feel stressed about when Jesus will come.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul tells us that we have been given the Holy Spirit for our inheritance, and that it is according to God's plan from all eternity that we should be bold enough to approach God in complete confidence through our faith in Jesus.
So it means that God is expecting us to come to Him at any time we want. He will always be ready for us and He will not disappoint us especially when we turn to Him in our need.
So there is no need to wait for the Lord. He is waiting for us. So let us communicate with the Lord always. He is waiting for us, and He is expecting us.