You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak. (Mark 13:35)

Read: Numbers 8:1-9:23, Mark 13:14-37, Psalm 50:1-23, Proverbs 10:29-30

Relate: A few years back I was at a training seminar for those who work with college students. I am sure that there was plenty I gleaned from that time and put into practice but I can’t remember exactly what. Over all the years and through all the seminars/teachings/conferences I have been to it all becomes a blur as to what I learned when and where. Everything, that is, except for one statement that a pastor named Lou said right near the beginning of his session. He said, “From the moment I stepped into this office, I began to pray for my successor.” The idea was so shocking, so counter intuitive to the way I thought that…