Good Morning Friends,
“Therefore this is what I will do to you,
Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man,
he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth -- the
LORD God Almighty is his name.” (Amos 4:12-13)
“Prepare to meet your God.”
That is some good advice. Judgment was coming
upon Israel and God warned them to be ready to stand before Him.
It is good advice for us all. After all, “man
is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27)
Israel should have been considering Who it
was that they would be standing before. So should we! He is the One who took
nothing and formed the mountains from it. He is the One who turned on the fans
that send the wind across the earth -- sometimes blowing gently, sometimes blowing
with gale force. He is the One who warns man of judgment and invites man to salvation.
He is the One who turns the light switch off and on every day -- and the One
who can make the sun stand still. There is no place man can go to hide from
Him. Man is destined to stand before the Lord God Almighty and face His
judgment.
For those who have not prepared to meet God,
“only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume
the enemies of God” awaits them.
(Hebrews 10:27)
But Israel was too caught up in day to day
living to think about the judgment that was ahead. They were having too much
fun to think that it might ever end. That sounds like another people we know
about -- and live around!
But life will not always go on like it is
today. Judgment is coming. It is a fearful expectation for those who are not
prepared.
And there is only one way to prepare. “There
is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans
8:1) Thank God that in Christ Jesus not even facing God brings terror. Knowing
Christ is the one and only way to prepare to meet your God!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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