Just something to think about.

In Daniel chapter 7 verses 9-10 there is a pretty gnarly discription of God sitting on his throne judging people. This was a drean that Daniel had, which you could read all about in your bibles :-) Anyways I was looking in the footnotes to get a little more insight on this discription and boy was that a mistake, a good convicting one of course. The foot note said this; if your life were judged by God today, what would he say about it? How would he measure it against his will for us? Man that stopped me in my tracks. As I finished reading I couldn't stop thinking about that question, how would my life be judged today? My first instinct was to tell myself that I was doing pretty good, I mean I read my bible, pray, serve in the church and live my life the best way possible I could. But as I think about that. is that a good answer? I'm not really sure.
I don't think the footnote was trying to make us feel bad or like we are failing. I think the purpose of that was to remind us of what we already know. We will stand before God and give him an account of our lives. That thought is pretty intense, but it's a good thing to be reminded of. I know people might read that and just think that they've gone this far without not doing much so they might feel like a failure and have a sense of no hope. Which could lead to giving up or just feeling like they are no good and have a fear that they are going to get hammered when they face God. Well I believe that instead of feeling like that I think we should look at where we are and what we are doing for the Lord and continue to do the best we can. I think that we should use that fear, which is healthy and the scriptures say it's where wisdom starts and should use it to shift our focus on what God is asking of us. What I took from this is that instead of focusing on all my problems and worries I need to put them behind me and keep putting God and his kingdom first.
So my prayer for us today is that instead of being paralyzed by this fear that we would use it as a motivator for us to do what God is asking of us. I pray that God would shed light on the areas we need to work on. I pray that we would continue to focus on God and God alone. I don't know about you but I'm thankful for this eye opener and that God would be gracious enough to let us know that we will have to give an account to him one day. That would suck if we had no clue until it happend. God is sooooo good!!!!