"Come For Dinner!" 

 The Rapture

While hurrying with the last touches in the preparation of the dinner in the midst of setting the table, I call out to the family, "Dinner is ready! or, "Come for dinner!"

As there are only adults in the home right now, the response is not very enthusiastic nor quick. But when our three kids were young, in the evenings, while being involved with their homework and other activities, the children's appetite gets stirred, as the aroma from the kitchen reaches their nostrils. Then their ears are keenly open to the call for dinner! Their interest in what they are doing diminishes as their sensitivity to the 'Call for dinner' increases! 

The immediate, joyous response to my call would be, "Coming! I'm hungry. What's for dinner? Whatever it is, it smells so delicious!" This would be followed by a clamor to get to the dining table quickly!

Even as the children set their eyes on the meal before them, Dad leads the family in thanksgiving to GOD for His gracious provision and everyone digs into the delicious food. 

Even though tired, as a  Mum, I have great joy and fulfilment, watching our children enjoy the food I was able to prepare for the family. Not many things make Dad happier than to have all his children around him, lovingly, unitedly enjoying fellowship and food!

While I was on a call with our son who has since moved out and got married, I shouted out to my husband and the son at home, "Come for dinner!" Preshan, who heard that over the phone, remarked, "Oh, that sounds familiar!"

Are you familiar with the voice of the LORD? Are you used to immediately responding to the call of GOD? We'd better start practicing now so that it will be our habit to quickly respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit if we want to be taken up! Letting go of the things we are attached to and the things we enjoy doing, is the big challenge! Let us practice and be ready.

 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8:14

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great." And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
Revelation 19:17-19

The Heavenly supper is now ready! The call will come shortly. Our Heavenly Father is waiting for many of His children who are yet to prepare themselves for that supper.

ARE YOU READY AND WAITING FOR THE CALL?