are you ready?

if Jesus Christ where to return in the next 12 hours, and you knew it with out a doubt. what would be the things you would want to set right, what would you stop doing or what would you start to do? if your thinking of something right now then the chance is that there is something you may need to work on(everyone should be thinking of something). now we know that no one gets into heaven by just having a cleaned up life, by no means is that what i am implying here. we are all redeemed one way and one way only, by the grace of God! by Grace through faith, not of works lest any man should boast (eph 3:8-9). so that's not what i mean when i ask "are you ready?" what i mean is, if He came and you stood face to face with the sovereign Lord of all that is, He who knows all your darkest thoughts, could you say i lived as best i knew how? i do not expect to be perfect when i die, Isaiah was a mighty prophet and he cursed himself when he saw God! his sin was manifest before his face instantly and he is totally destroyed by it. Praise God we have the righteousness of Christ to cover our filthy lives. but, if we can glorify God better, or give up a sin, or be more zealous for his Gospel... we ought to! lets not just do what we think is enough to get by and still call ourselves Christian. lets not fall into a cold emotionless orthodoxy where we simply do what we have always done because it's what we have always done. make every moment of your life a striving to be closer to Him, to follow Him, to worship Him, to praise Him, to love Him, and to Glorify Him! for he is worthy to receive honor and Glory and Praise forever and ever! lets not be taken by surprise when our Lord comes. let's be ready and waiting, with the prayer on our lips... even so come Lord JESUS!!!

how sweet it is

as a Christian there is nothing better then when we are doing what we are meant to do. with that said what is it we are meant to do? Go! right? yeah thats right, i never feel better in my daily life then when im telling others about my saviour. there is however other times we as spiritual beings are in a time of joy. worship and real biblical fellowship. im not just talking about hanging out with other Christians. what im talking about is when you can get together with other believers and spend all of the time together just focusing on God. i do not know of a better past time short of preaching Christ and him crucified. there is something so sweet about time spent pondering God, his Word, his ways, and how he deals with us in his mercy and grace. along with that is worship as i said, and no matter if your in your prayer closet alone or in a church with hundreds of people, this is a time of pure joy and sweet communion with our Lord. tonight after a short class, i sat with two brothers in Christ. as the lesson was coming to close we began to just talk openly amongst our selves. i have not been so blessed in nothing more then just conversation in who knows how long. now just think, as fun as it is now to talk of God and worship him. the day is coming when we shall see him as we worship, and we will have all of forever to get to know more and more about him. praise be to God for his wonderful mercies and grace beyond grace!!!