Life is such that we can never predict what is going to happen tomorrow. Today we may seem healthy and full of vigour, tomorrow may be a different story. Things can happen all of a sudden, and we may not have time or opportunity to prepare ourselves for any eventuality. This is why we need to always be ready and be consistent in our preparations to be with the Lord, if that is what we hope for.
In today's reading, we are reminded: "But it is not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober. God never meant us to experience the Retribution, but to win salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that, alive or dead, we should still live united to him. So give encouragement to each other, and keep strengthening one another, as you do already."
What does it mean to stay wide awake and sober? It basically means we have been consistently making effort to remain in good terms with the Lord and growing in our spiritual life. At the same time, we are also reminded, as the reading tells us, to "give encouragement to each other, and keep strengthening one another" so that together we would be with the Lord. Thus, let us not slack or be caught sleeping, but stay wide awake and sober, so that we may be live united in the Lord.
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