“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, 36as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks. 37The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded.

“And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished.

“The gardener answered, ‘Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I’ll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.

“I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”

Lord God my Father,

Give me an attitude of preparation and expectation, I am eager for your return. Focus my thoughts to do you will without delay so I may be your trusted servant. Open my eyes to the sin I am overlooking so I may surrender it to your care.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen