I want to be ready

I've had a song going through my head lately that says,
"When Jesus comes
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
to see my Lord."

A couple weeks ago the one bringing the message at church posed these questions:
Do you think that Jesus will return within the next minute?
Do you think that Jesus will return within the next 10 minutes?
How about the next hour?
Or the next month?
Within the next year?
Within the next 10 years?

Where we place this probability along the timeline will shape how we live today. We will likely live out our day much different if we thought that Jesus may return in the next 10 minutes versus within the next year.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matt 24:44-46

A light turned on for me. Do I really think that Jesus will return in the next minute, 10 minutes, hour or even the next month? Usually I think of Christ's return as being within the next few years. But didn't I think that a few years ago??

Do I just keep pushing off my prediction to my comfortzone?
"I have time yet to apologize to _________."
"I can take my time working on __________ attitude."
"Maybe I'll be ready to deal with _________ issue tomorrow."
"I don't have to change in ______ area. Maybe God will REALLY bring conviction about this when I'm truly ready to change."

Jesus' return could be any time now. Yes, I know that I can't change everything at once...actually I can't change anything that involves a true heart change. BUT, I can have a willing heart to cooperate with God and live out the changes that He is trying to implement in my heart and life. That does involve action on my part.

Jesus, I want to be ready for Your return, no matter when it is. Please help me change according to Your will, so that I can be a faithful servant that is always prepared for Your coming. I desire to be as the virgins that had their lamps filled with oil, prepared for the unknown moment when You, my Bridegroom, will come for me.

"When Jesus comes
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
to see my Lord."