What Would You Do?

By Brenda Gurley

What would you do if you knew that the time was very short? What if God gave you a preview of things to come and you realized that it would not be long before life, as you know it would come to an end? What would you do??? Would you dance? Would you eat more ice cream and write letters to all your old friends and tell them how much you loved them? Would you stop paying your bills, brushing your teeth, watching your cholesterol? Ask yourself, what would I do?

If you had a forewarning of 911 and knew that the friend or family member working at the World Trade Center or those on the hijacked planes would lose their lives that fateful morning, what would you have done? What if you knew that sleeper cells are infiltrating this country and there were terrorist plots to destroy the USA, what would be your plan of action? Where could you go and what would you do? It is hard to answer these questions unless you are a child of the Living God. We are to be ready in season and out of season. Are we ready? Or we too busy with church programs? Or we too busy thinking about personal prosperity and personal comfort?

We don’t know what is in store and we are not trying to use scare tactics to motivate spiritual responsibility, however we may be facing a time of serious consequences. Much of the Body of Christ is of the mindset that we have a long time ahead of us on this earth. It is time to take the things of God seriously. Lets look at what the Word of God says in Luke 12:15-21 And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."
16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.
17 And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?'
18 So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.
19And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry." '
20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Luke 12:12-21 (NKJV)

Eternity is a very long time, longer than any of us can fathom. Many will spend eternity separated from God, even those so called Christians who will say, “Lord, Lord”, and He will say “Depart from me…”

It is time for us to be about the Father’s business. What does that mean to you??? Have you stopped and asked Him? He is all Wisdom. He will answer us when we seek Him with all of our hearts. We all need to get before God and ask for our “orders”.

Maybe you need to buy some tracts and begin to pass them out everywhere you go. If you are in sales, you understand the law of numbers. You have to be willing to take many “nos” before you can receive even one “yes”. Set a goal for yourself and decide how many you will pass out each day and don’t quit until you have met your quota. Do it again the next day and the next and the next. Maybe you need to stand on a street corner and beckon lost souls to come to Christ, or maybe you may need to turn off your TVs and go into the prayer closet and intercede. Some of you may need to quit your job and go into full time ministry. Some may need to relocate. Some may need to begin to mentor and disciple weaker brothers and sisters in the things of God. I don’t have the answers, but I have the questions that need to be asked at this time. What is each of us to do? What is your assignment from the Lord? Are you willing to accept that assignment? Will you have and effect on others to help gather the army of God? Can you take this challenge as seriously as you would if a doctor told you that you only had six months to live? What would you do personally to make that period of time the most productive time of your life?

We need to live as if Jesus would come back tomorrow. Will you be found faithful? Will you hear, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant”?