“Clean” Up Your Act
I was on Facebook earlier and I saw a link to a page that said the end of the world was in 12 days. Now I find that a little hard to believe and didn’t give it much attention, but it did make me think. If the end of the world was in 12 days, what would I do?
Well I thought back to a few days ago when I overheard somebody saying they were going in to the doctor for a annual check-up and they said they were getting ready by eating really healthy for a week or two before they went, and then after that they would eat whatever they wanted. This reminds me of hearing of people, and also doing myself things like: brushing your teeth extra before going to the dentist, eating healthy before a check up, asking classmates what the book was about for the test tomorrow, and other last minute things like this. It seems like we pay no attention to the fact that we know the even is coming until it finally gets here. It seems moments before it happens we, “clean” up our act so that we appear that we have been doing great and we try to hide our bad habits and our negligence.
So to get back to the end of the world question, what would I do if the end of the world was in 12 days? Well I guess just like these prior examples I would “clean” up my act. I would actually read my bible everyday instead of pretending I did and telling my pastor I did, I would pray regularly, and I would actually live my life like the on fire Christian I’m supposed to be instead of the luke-warm one I’ve been. The truth of the matter is we don’t know when Jesus is coming back, it could be in 12 days, it could be in 12 years and it could even be tomorrow!
So then what is stopping us from living like it’s tomorrow? Why can’t we realize that Jesus is the doctor, or the dentist, and our appointment could be tomorrow!? And He could call on us at anytime to answer for how we’ve been acting our whole lives, and He WILL judge us even if we’re not ready and we haven’t had time to “clean” up our act.
So I ask you are you planning to just wait until it happens to “clean” up your act? Because let me tell you, it’ll be too late! We need to live like Jesus is coming back tomorrow everyday of our lives, we need to be on fire for Him, living like Him, we need to be examples to others and we need to be sharing Christ with others. We need to be supporting and building up fellow believers, and we cannot be closet Christians! We need to live out our Faith, and when people look at us they shouldn’t see Luke Budreau, they shouldn’t see John Doe, or Mary Brown, or whoever it is that you are. When they look at you they should see Jesus, and they should be saying, I want that, I need Him! I want Him to be my Savior. And it is our jobs to share Him with the world!
So don’t just “clean” up your act at the last minute, live out your Faith everyday! Jesus is alive in each and everyone of your hearts, so let Him shine through you!
