Are You Watching?

Funny thing happened to my husband this morning.  At 6:45 A.M., donned only in his shorts and jacket to take the dog outside, our Pastor and wife drove by and honked the horn at him.  Even now I'm laughing because he was emphasizing how it was only 6:45 in the morning and how it is, usually, highly unlikely that you would bump into anyone that you knew at that hour.  In our area, it's even highly unlikely that a stranger would walk by our house that early in the morning.
I've  had those moments, have you?  When you don't have your make-up on, but you decide to make a dash up to the Post Office to retrieve your mail, only to come face to face with at least three people you know from church?  If I had my make-up on, I wouldn't have seen one soul.
Or even more embarrassing, maybe you just lost your temper with a Store Worker, and turn around and see someone you know?
Unexpected encounters.  They happen all the time.
The Bible tells us of another unexpected encounter.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 says, For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2 Peter 3:10a says, But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night:
Revelation 3:3 says, Remember therefore how thou has received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.  If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
And Revelation 16:15a Behold, I come as a thief.  Blessed is he that watcheth,
A.W. Tozer once said, "When He returns is not as important as the fact that we are ready for Him when He does return."
I want to be ready, do you?
But, that's just me!