DAY OF RECKONING

“WHAT WILL YOU DO ON THE DAY OF RECKONING, WHEN DISATER COMES FROM AFAR? TO WHOM WILL YOU RUN FOR HELP? WHERE WILLYOU LEAVE YOUR RICHES” Isaiah 10:3

The prophet Isaiah was not so much asking questions as he was giving his listeners an opportunity to think. Notice his premise is not whether or not trouble will ever become present; his premise is “when” trouble comes, then what?

He asks; what will you do? Who will you turn to? All the possessions you have worked all your life to accumulate; where will they go?

Whether we are facing calamity or the end of the world or even death itself, there is a day of reckoning for each one of us. “Day of reckoning” means the day of a settling of accounts. There is a day coming when the score is settled; everything you have said, thought and done will be taken into account and the score will be settled. Some people call it Karma, but I believe Jesus addresses this law when He says, “GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU: GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.” LUKE 6:38

I know we most often associate this verse as a pleasant promise of blessings being returned for blessings and I believe that’s true, but think of it, if “THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH”. What you accumulate through sin is what you’ve earned, payday is coming!

If you want financial blessings; give. If you want mercy: give mercy. If you want to live in peace; be a peacemaker. If you want kind words spoken of you; speak kindly of others. If you want a friend; be friendly. If you wanted to be loved; love. Granted you may be persecuted in spite of righteousness or rather because of it, but even then Jesus says when you are, you are blessed!

Payday is coming and we have “ALL SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD”, so “TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION”. Rather than wait until the day of reckoning (which can come at any moment for anyone of us), you need to turn now to God and repent of your sin; you need to flee temptation and run headlong into the will of God for your life! Jesus said,”IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE, BUT I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD”, so why not turn to Him now while you can? You may not have time to “Get Ready”, so you must live ready!As certainly as you are alive and reading this, an account is being made of what you think, say, and do. You need Christ’s forgiveness and salvation otherwise, allow me to echo the Prophet, “WHAT WILL YOU DO ON THE DAY OF RECKONING, WHEN DISATER COMES FROM AFAR? TO WHOM WILL YOU RUN FOR HELP? WHERE WILLYOU LEAVE YOUR RICHES” Think about it – do something about it, now. Amen!

PLEASE PRAY, A LADY IN OUR CHURCH;DONNA WILLIAMS IS SCHEDULED FOR A DOUBLE BYPASS TOMORROW