Read: Luke 12:16-21
Prepare to meet your God!
The story is told of a nobleman who died very
suddenly. Immediately his personal servant ran to tell
the other servants of the household that their master
was dead. He asked with gravity, "Where has he gone?"
The servants replied, "Why, to heaven to be sure."
"No," said the man, "I am certain he has not gone to
heaven."
Somewhat surprised, the others asked how how he knew
their master had not gone to heaven. The man replied,
"Because heaven is a long way off, and I've never known
my master to take a long trip in his life but what he
talked of it beforehand and made thorough preparation
for it. And I never heard him say a word about this
journey, nor ever saw him getting ready for it."
It's true that we are saved by grace through faith in
Christ - not by how much we talk about it (Eph. 2:8).
Yet it's strange when people think they're going to
heaven but never mention it nor read God's Word.
The rich fool in Luke 12 wasn't prepared when the Lord
said, "This night your soul will be required of you."
If you seldom think about heaven and never discuss it,
could it be you're not going there? One way or another,
you are going to meet God. Are you prepared?
-Richard W. De Haan
O to be ready when death shall come!
HEAVEN IS A PREPARED PLACE
OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.
-Amos 4:12
O to be ready to hasten Home!
And sweetly, gently, to pass away
From earth's dim twilight into day. -Anon
FOR A PREPARED PEOPLE.
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