Someday Soon

"In the day of the Lord's anger

no one escaped or survived;

those I cared for and reared, 

my enemy has destroyed."

Lam 2:22b

Yo. That's a pretty serious verse. I really hope I never have to say that. 

All my friends, my family, my classmates, maybe a future family. "those I cared for and reared." All destroyed. And that's where they are headed. 

"In the day of the Lord's anger no one escaped or survived". That is fully deserved. None of us lives up to perfection's standards. We can say 'Oh, but I was better than that guy.' or 'I wasn't that bad', but both are just comparing to others. If God had a bell curve for how we are doing, morally, ethically, the effort we put in, what would be the cut-off percentile? 95th percentile? 99th? What about the others? It's completely not fair to judge on a bell curve when it comes down to life or destruction. So what standard is it? 

I don't mean to offend, but the standard is perfection. I don't live up to it. You don't live up to it. We each have flaws, ways we have decided to seek our own good before the good of others, ways we have not lived up to even our own standards. So how can we live as if judgment is never going to come? How can we live each day passing by these people and knowing what is coming? 

How can we not tell them about the only way to avoid destrcution?

How can we not share our salvation with them, not that it is really ours to give, but a privilege that we can do so?

If we trust in what Jesus has done at the cross; in what He did to take our destruction and punishment upon Himself, that is where we find life. He said that He came not to condemn, but bring life. If we don't receive His forgiveness we stand condemned already with everyone else.

It isn't because we don't accept Jesus that we are condemned, but because of our condemnation and God's love for us, Jesus came to give us a way out.

So, how can I not tell my classmates? How can I not tell my friends? Is it not easier to just bring up God's love into a conversation while there is still time, rather than the guilt of not doing so before our paths diverge?

I don't want to see my friends and family be destroyed. I want them to see real life. I want them to see God. I want them to. I pray that they will someday. Someday soon.

Rev 22:12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done." 

Unless we have Jesus' forgiveness, we are going to receive for what we have done.