Are You Ready? You Can Be

# 384 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Sa 28:19,20, “Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines." 20 Then immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, and was dreadfully afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day or all night. (1 Sam 28:19,20) God continues to speak to Saul through the familiar spirit who has taken on the form of Samuel. He tells Saul that the Philistines will conquer Israel in battle and the battle will cost Saul and his sons their lives. This news caused Saul to be dreadfully afraid. He was so afraid that he literally fell to the ground. What would that kind of news do to you today? What if God told you that tomorrow you were going to meet Him face to face? Most people would say, “well, I'm not concerned, basically, I've been a good person, I'm not as bad as some.” That may be true, but that is not the measuring stick that God uses. The Bible says, “Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect!” Only Jesus has met that standard, and therefore it is only those who have put on Christ through faith that will be able to stand before God! Friend, there is no more important business on earth than this matter of where will you spend eternity! We read in Ps 139:16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. (Only God knows the length of our days.) Heb 9:27 reminds us, “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,” (When those days are ended, our fate will be sealed. Are you ready? You can be.) 1Jo 5:13 says, “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may KNOW (my caps) that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Trust in the good works of Jesus Christ and not your own! Believe in the the Lord Jesus Christ and all that His life, death and resurrection accomplished and you can know for certain that you will pass judgment and have eternal life! Father, keep pursuing those who are not yet saved with your relentless grace.