"Better Believe It"

"All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name." (Psalms 86:9) I would like to think by now that we would have settled the issue of who is in charge; after all, every single thing that is, was, or ever will be, it all belongs to the Lord. If you like to have things to show something of a comparison, as I watched The Donald delivering a speech last night, someone in the crowd must have said something that was not so nice; but he was gracious about it, answering back with something like, "I think they are really on my side, they just don't know it yet." It's not too far off from the reality of God's dominion, because every knee shall bow before Him; even those that might say that they want nothing to do with Him; even those that might try to say the He does not exist. There is absolutely no getting out of it! Crazy as it might seem, this is the only time for any type of a choice to be made, right now! Today is the day of salvation, because tomorrow is what it is; and the only way to change your tomorrow is by surrendering today. After this, it's too late to make any changes. That's some pretty serious stuff to consider, don't you think? It might not seem to be such an important topic right now, but then again, who ever thinks about what really matters any more; it's all about right now, what's for dinner, and getting through today. In this crazy fast past life that we live in, nothing in this life is certain; absolutely nothing! They say that there are two things for sure, death and taxes; well, if you're born again you have cheated death, and if you're in prison you don't pay taxes. Besides that, everything we have is a blessing, and we need to give thanks for the chance to enjoy any of it, including each other! My job is one that shows me the reality of not holding on to anything here too hard. I've seen families that seemed to have it all and looked like they were set for life, all of the sudden devastated and hopeless; all because they put too much trust in their material life, and not in the life that really matters. This is serious stuff! We don't get another chance to make a choice! We either bow to Him now and live forever, or bow to Him later and die forever. For now, the choice is yours...
"And I saw a great white throne and one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire." (Revelations 20:11-15) NLT