20/03/2022
PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD
Preparation is defined as the activity or process of making something ready or of becoming ready for something. We prepare ourselves for so many things in life, we get prepared for exams, a job interview, a birthday party, to get married, to build a house, to have children and the list goes on. Since we make so many preparations for different events here on earth, have we taken into consideration that we need to get prepared to meet God? Are we ready to face God and spend eternity with him? We have to keep in mind that everything that we are busy preparing here on earth will vanish (Matthew 6:19) but preparing yourself to face God will remain eternal (Matthew 6:20).
We cannot escape this meeting with God. We may run away from many appointments here on earth, but encountering God one day is inevitable. We all have to face God, whether we are believers or not, rich or poor and prepared or not. It is wise to get prepared for that day.
Amos 4:12 states “Prepare to meet your God”. This verse was addressed to the people of Israel, but it is meant for us as well. Meeting God requires a preparation. According to the Strong Bible definition, the word “Prepare” means “to be firm, be stable, be established, to be set up, to be ready, to make arrangement”.
In other words, we need to stand firm in our faith in God, be stable in our walk with God and be ready to meet God.
Why should we be prepared to meet God?
No one knows the day God will come
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only”. Matthew 24:36
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief” 2 Peter 3:10
It is better to get prepared to meet God than to be caught by surprise, for no one knows the date