For we will all stand
before God’s judgment seat. It is
written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’” So then, each of us will give an account
of ourselves to God.
It can be difficult to grasp the all-encompassing nature and
presence of God. It’s hard to understand and visualize God being God over every
single person that walks this earth. It’s easier to live in our relatively
small “bubbles” of local communities and local churches and see God as Ruler to
our select group of people. But in reality, God holds dominion over every
person across this massive globe. The text above from Romans helps capture that
realization. Every single person that is living today will someday die…and when
they die, every single person will bow before our God and acknowledge our God
as THE God. Think about that for a second…a person that lives in Seattle will
have to bow before the same God as a person that lives 7,000 miles away in
Egypt. Whether they know our God today or have no concept of him at all, the
day will come when they will stand before him, professing him as God. And when
every person stands before God, he will call them to give an account of how
they lived their lives. And no matter where we call home today, no matter what
our profession is or how much money is in our pockets, if we stand ALONE before
God, we will all be doomed. For we have all lived a sinful life…we have all
failed to keeps God’s commands completely…and we have all fallen woefully short
of fulfilling the intended design that God has for us. But thankfully, our loving
God provided a way out of the darkness for us . Through faith in Christ, we won’t
stand alone before God. Through acknowledgement of Christ as Savior, we stand
before God with Jesus, the only man to perfectly fulfill God’s commands in this
life. And when God calls us to give account for our failures, Jesus steps in
can calls us his own. O happy day! May we give thanks to God today for the
sacrifice he made on her behalf, may we live a life that shouts the Gospel, and
may we never pass up an opportunity to speak God’s good news to those around
us. To God alone be the glory!
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