Manna in the Morning

There is a very sobering passage of Scripture in Paul’s Second letter to the Corinthians in chapter 5 where he writes, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” In other words, there’s coming a day when we will be face to face with Almighty God... it’s an appointment none of us shall miss and there will be no facades and nothing for us to hide behind. Do you remember when the cosmonauts made that primitive little journey around the earth the first time? They came back with their thumbs under their suspenders bragging, “We have been in the air. We have been around the earth. And we did not see God!” The following Sunday, W.A. Criswell, minister of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, made a classic statement. He said, “Ah, if those cosmonauts had stepped out of their spacesuits, they would have seen God!” There’s a great day coming when we shall all see Him. For the unbeliever that will be an awful day of judgment. But, for the Christian that will be a wonderful day as we begin our eternity with Him in Heaven. Are you ready?