54 Jesus said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens. 55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time? 57 Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.”

Luke 12:54-59 - World English Bible

In these last verses from Luke 12, Jesus turned his attention to the crowd with an admonition for the end times. People could intuit the weather: precipitation that came from the Mediterranean to the west meant rain; wind from the Negev desert to the south meant dry heat. So, why couldn't people interpret the times? Here, he shifted to a legal analogy. If you're being sued for an unpaid bill, maybe it's better to settle before you're dragged into court and the judge sentences you to debtor's prison. Of course, this parable was an analogy for the sinner's debt owed to God. In other words, Jesus implied, “Get right with God before it's too late.”

Did you make an examination of conscience last night? How have you tried to get right with God lately?