Prepare To Meet Your God Series

And I’m sure that with concentrated effort that after 10 years in Bedford that I could probably list several hundred people that I could call by name. And who if Rev. Denn Guptill was mentioned would say, “oh I know Denn.” But would there be handful of friends amongst all those acquaintances? Possibly. Most of us know many, many more people then we are actually friends with.

Now the question is: “In your life is Jesus an acquaintance, someone you’ve met and see occasionally or is he a “Friend”? Which my buddy Collins defines as a person who one knows well and is fond of . . .”

My best friend is Reg Thomas and I covet the time that I spend with him, we have been best friends for 30 years and we are like brothers, except we don’t fight, much. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for Reg or him for me. But that friendship didn’t just happen, it grew and matured as we spent countless hours talking and being with one another. We’ve been there for each other through good times and bad, we’ve stood at each other’s wedding, we’ve spoken at each others churches, we’ve prayed together, and cried together and laughed together.

Do you talk to Christ in prayer? Do you let Him talk to you through his word? If the only time Reg heard from me was when I needed something or wanted something the friendship wouldn’t be very deep would it? And yet that is the quality of many peoples relationship with God, the key words in their prayers are I want or I need or help. And that isn’t a lot to build a relationship on.

Finally the Bible tells us in Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is destined that each person dies only once and after that comes judgment, 3) You Need to Meet Your God. And so after you have met God and become acquainted with God then and only then are you truly prepared to come face to face with God. And that preparation needs to happen long before you actually need it. You see death is a certainty, it may come early for some of us and later for others but rest assured it will come. Robin Williams summed it up when he said “Death is nature’s way of saying, your table’s ready.”

And it’s at the point that you will meet your God. You have very little control over how you die or when you die, but it is your decision and yours alone how prepared you will be to meet you God when you die.

You may be asking, “How can I know that I am prepared to meet my God?” One of my favourite scriptures is 1 John 5:13 I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. Not think, or hope but that you may know that you have eternal life. When I die, if I catch anyone saying “Well we can hope he made it.” I will come back personally and haunt you. When I die, and someday I will die I will die with the knowledge that I have met Jesus Christ and that I am ready to meet Him face to face and that he will say “Well done my good and faithful servant.” And he will put his arm around my shoulder and escort me through those pearly gates, down the streets of God to the mansion he has prepared for me in His father’s house.