Luke 1:17

Luke 1:17
John the Baptist was "to make ready people prepared for the Lord."
He was to do this by turning the hearts of the fathers back to the children and the disobedient to the attitude of the right.
It was a spiritual awakening and preparation to receive Christ.
Now we need another spiritual awakening and a preparation for an outpouring of the Spirit and the Second Coming of Christ.
Proverbs 6:6-11 tells us to be prepared through the example of the ant and the sluggard.
The ant is wise and has no ruler but still gathers provision in the summer and in harvest. The ant is prepared for winter for famine; for difficult times.
While the sluggard sleeps his poverty will come in like a thief.
His poverty in spirit, the lack of the Word; lack of prayer will catch him unawares; he will be swept away.
The ones who have built on the rock of the Word in calm times will have protection in times of storms.