Luke 12:35-40 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;… A Christian must stand in a posture to receive every message which God shall send. He must be so prepared as to be like one who is called to set off on a sudden journey, and has nothing to do but to set out at a moment's notice; or like a merchant who has goods to send abroad, and has them all packed up and in readiness for the first vessel that is to sail. (R. Cecil.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; |