Advent Devotional Resource - San Francisco Theological Seminary

Matthew 24:32-44Monday, December 14Active Waiting“Keep awake, then, for you do not know on what day your Lord is to come”. Matthew 24:42What does this passage say to those of us who are members of the SFTS community? We find ourselvesat a time of change, a place of transition. The future is unclear, who will lead us, and where willwe be going?This verse from Matthew instructs us to “keep awake”. Why? “For you do not know on what dayyour Lord is to come”. This means we don’t know when God’s message will be made clear to us. Weneed to be awake to God’s plan for SFTS. We need to be actively awake. We can’t sit back and simplywait for the day it all becomes clear, but we need to be actively working to rebuild and redefine ourseminary so that God can work through us to make SFTS the vital, relevant institution that thechurch of today deserves.For all of us, faculty, students, administrators, staff, trustees, alumni, and our many supporters,we can’t simply rest and trust that God will work it out. We have to stay active in the work of theseminary and remain awake to God’s plan for our future.Mr. Peter Jan van BeverSFTS Trustee, Chair, Executive CommitteeCommittee of Trustees