Put your house in order!

Isaiah 38:1 "In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”_

King Hezekiah was sick. God sent prophet Isaiah to alert him to put his house in order because he was going to die. Hezekiah prayed and God added him 15 years. Eventually he still died. Many like the part of additional years in this scripture, but we would do well to consider the alert to prepare for physical death. Death came to man as a result of the fall. Except for those who will be taken alive when Jesus returns, all the rest of us will face physical death.

The reality is that we are temporary in this world. Whether one lives to be hundred or less, we shall all go. And none of us knows exactly when and how this will happen. Hezekiah was one of the few whom God alerted in advance to put his house in order before he died. The biggest question then becomes how prepared we are to face our Creator! The best preparation is to give our lives to Christ and purposefully live for Him.

Unfortunately, some behave as if all we live for is the here and now. Our lives are in the hands of God Who created us and set the days we are to live in this world. All our lives on earth is an opportunity to prepare for eternity and to meet our God. At the consummation of all things, when our life in this world comes to an end, will you rejoice that you lived to honor and please God? Or will you eternally regret that you wasted your life on things that don’t matter? Prepare to meet your God!(Amos 4:12)._

Hebrews 9:27 "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment..."_Shalom children of God.