Prepare to Meet Your God

“Prepare to meet your God” (Amos 4:12).

What goes through your mind when you read that sentence? Does the thought of meeting God face to face bring you joy and excitement? Or does the thought of meeting God bring absolute terror?

That depends on who God is. If Jesus is your Lord and Savior, God is your loving Father. If Jesus is not your Lord and Savior, God is the judge who will judge between the good and evil and punish all sinners. If Jesus is not your Lord, the thought of seeing God face to face is absolutely terrifying.

The above text comes in Amos chapter 4. The entire chapter is about a God who has done everything he can to cause his people to return to him and repent. Prior to verse twelve that reads: “Prepare to meet your God,” the phrase “Yet you have not returned to me” occurs five times (v.6, 8, 9, 10, 11). God goes out of his way to let the people know that they are being judged. God goes out of his way that the only pathway to salvation is through God’s mercy. God goes out of his way inviting sinners to return to him and repent.

When we obstinately reject God’s invitation, the day when we will meet him as he sits on the throne of judgment will come.

It is God’s desire that not one should perish (2 Peter 3:9).

Repent and return to the Lord.