Whatever you are doing right now, stop! If you were even planning to do something right now, please stop! There is simply one thing you cannot wait any longer to take care of.
So before you head to the gym. Before you have dinner. Or go to work. Or take a walk. Before you head out shopping, or to hang out with your friends, or run that marathon. Before you turn on the news or consider your political choices, or attend your child’s school conference. Before you plan your wedding day or your dream vacation. Before you get your car fixed or visit the doctor. Before you call your mother. Before you do anything else, there is one thing you really need to get done.
Because no matter how healthy you are, whether you are young or old or somewhere in between, you simply do not know what tomorrow holds in store for you. We all know someone who has died unexpectedly. Perhaps in a car accident or heart attack or house fire or some other tragedy. But by whatever means they passed from this life without warning, leaving those who knew them in shock and disbelief. And tomorrow, it could be your turn…or mine.
Most people think they have more time; another year or another decade. But the fact is, we may not even have another hour. Such is the randomness of life in a fallen world.
And one thing you can count on with 100% certainty is that when you die, you will meet God. So before you do even one more thing, please….please….ask yourself if you are ready for that meeting. Most of us know deep down inside we are not perfect. In fact, none of us would ever speak the word’s “I’m perfect” out loud in front of our friends or family or coworkers because we know that it is highly likely they will remind us how imperfect we truly are. So we inherently know the Bible verse that says “all have sinned, all have fallen short” (Romans 3:23) is absolutely true.
And because we see that is true, we also see we have a predicament. Whether tonight, tomorrow, or ten years from now, we have a meeting scheduled with God. And our sin means we are not ready for that meeting. Just think about it. Can you even imagine standing before a Holy God, who created the heavens and the earth, and trying to explain your actions? It was difficult enough explaining them to your spouse, or friend, or parent, or boss, or whomever when you had to ask for forgiveness; how much more difficult will it be when you face the Lord Almighty?
As the Scriptures say about God, “You (God) will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.” (Romans 3:4)
But there is a way out of our predicament. That way is Jesus Christ. (The only way!) Jesus paid the price for our wrongs. He took our punishment for us so the saying, “Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin” (Romans 4:8) is proved true as is the saying: “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.” (1 John 5:12) Jesus wants to save you, he wants you to be cleared. And so do I.
So before you take even one more step, or one more deep breath, please get somewhere by yourself and talk to God. Don’t make excuses or compare yourself to others, just admit to Him those wrongs you know you have committed. Ask Him to forgive you in the name of Jesus. If you do this and you are sincere in your heart, whether you die tomorrow or at the end of a long life, you will never have to fear that meeting with God again. Because your sins are remembered no more. And that, friends, is the greatest freedom you will ever know.
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