Timetable

Everyone has a timetable, whether it is doing something or nothing at all. It’s a scheduled time to get what you want to accomplish. Some call it a to-do-list. Others call it their bucket list.  Getting the twins out of high school is my timetable.  The other one is retiring from my job, getting a puppy and do nothing.  I look forward to that day. Preparation is underway.  I’m paying off bills and saving money. at least trying to save money.  At any rate, I don’t need the stress of bills after retiring. Many of you have other personal timetables. 

Guess who else has a timetable, God.  His timetable has been in motion for eons.  At some point, we’ll cross paths with God’s timetable.  He set a time for us to die. Romans 5:12 say, “… death passes upon all men.”   His other timetable is the judgment.  Hebrews 9:27, “…and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”  No one wants to die nor talk about it.  In fact, many evade the subject altogether.  Be honest, are you thinking about dying? Go on, you can tell me.  Whether you ready or not, death is coming, next, the judgment.  What plan do you have in place to meet Jesus’ face in peace?  If you don’t have one, put a plan together today.  Submit to God’s will, be Christ-like. Help your neighbor.  Live godly. Be the godly example. Help those in need.  Use kind words when speaking.  Don’t just walk this life carousing and the sort.  Live this life like it will end because the first face you see in the next life will be Jesus.  You don’t want to hear, “…depart from me.”  You want to hear, “welcome into the joys of Heaven.”  Let’s get right church and go home.