Christian Daily Devotional: What Is a Wise Virgin?

Preparing for the Coming of the Lord

Apr 20, 2019

Sister Mu Zhen,

Peace to you in the Lord! I’m so happy you’ve written. You’ve mentioned in your letter that the day of the Lord’s coming is near, and that you are intentionally reading Scripture and praying more, and doing more work for the Lord so that you can be one of the wise virgins who is vigilantly awaiting the Lord’s coming. However, these things have not sharpened your spiritual acuity or increased your faith or love for the Lord. You’re confused about whether you can be counted as a wise virgin by seeking this way and would like to know what sort of practice you should have to be able to welcome the Lord. Sister Mu Zhen, this question you’ve raised is critical for whether or not we can welcome the Lord. All of us want to be wise virgins who can welcome His return and attend the banquet of the kingdom of heaven with Him—no one wants to be a foolish virgin and be cast aside by the Lord, but what kind of practice is actually being a wise virgin? I’d like to share my personal understanding of this issue—I hope it’ll be helpful for you.

God Is Love | "God's Humbleness Is So Lovable" (Lyrics) | 2019 Praise and Worship Song

Introduction

2019 Inspirational Gospel Song | "God's Humbleness Is So Lovable" | God Is Love

God humbles Himself and does His work on the filthy and corrupt man to make them perfect. God becomes man. He shepherds and attends to them, comes to the great red dragon’s heart to save and to conquer those corrupt, doing the task of changing and making them new. He humbles Himself to be man and endures the hardship it brings. It’s the supreme Spirit’s great humiliation. God, great and lofty. Man, mean and lowly. Yet God speaks, provides, lives among them. He is so humble, so lovable. God living in flesh with normal life and needs, proves He’s lowered to a degree.

God is Seeking Those Who Thirst For His Appearance

The Picture of The Church of Almighty God

On the subject of welcoming the Lord, many people blindly focus much of their attention on guarding against false Christs, but overlook seeking God’s utterances. The Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (Jhn 10:27). If we wish to welcome the return of the Lord, it is essential to recognize God’s voice. Then how should we discern His voice? The following God’s words will show us the right way of practice.

"since we are searching for the footprints of God, we must search for God’s will, for the words of God, for the utterances of God—for where there are the new words of God, there is the voice of God, and where there are the footsteps of God, there are the deeds of God. Where there is the expression of God, there is the appearance of God, and where there is the appearance of God, there exists the truth, the way, and the life. While seeking the footprints of God, you ignored the words that “God is the truth, the way, and the life.”