If the Mayans were right, which why would they be when all the other doomsday/end times estimates have been wrong, then we are less that two days from eternity! I'm not sure exactly when it is supposed to happen on 12/21/12. Maybe they predicted that too, and I just missed it. It would seem appropriate that the end should occur around 12:21:12 on 12/21/12, but then I don't know if it is a.m. or p.m. Oh the madness of the end!
But what if it really were the end. What if you knew that you had 48 hours left to live on this planet before facing your eternity. What would you do? Some make a list and call it their bucket list, things to do before kicking the bucket. Some would walk into that knowledge with fear and others would face it with excited anticipation. What would you do?
I'm guessing I wouldn't be getting my stitches out, working on my Christmas eve message, typing a blog, having strategy meetings on future plans for church and private business ventures, or finishing Christmas shopping. All of which I intend to do before the end of the day. So what would I be doing?
Would I be more motivated to talk to every person I see today about the incredible gift of grace and eternity that Christ died to offer us? I'm sitting in a room full of people at a well known coffee cafe in between strategy meetings in Louisville. I wonder how many of them even know Jesus. The computer screen across the way has a power point presentation about an evangelism strategy, so I'm guessing he knows. What about that mom and her little girl? What about these two guys in the business suits? There are at least a dozen college age young people, I know they are being challenged to not believe. I keep raising my head to be ready to speak to people but when they get to me they lower their heads. What's up with that? Oh yea, it's what I do when I am too busy, or too uncomfortable to initiate a conversation.
Oh my, what about my family? What am I doing? Why would I be anywhere but with them if I only had 48 more hours to be with them in this world?
The bottom line is we don't know when this wonderful life will end. The reality is for some it will end ... today! Before they would even have the opportunity to read these or any other words. Before they have the opportunity for a chance encounter with a pastor or any other Christ follower in a coffee place. Before they get to hug their kids or their parents. Before they could ... ?
Life is precious. Time is short. Live well.
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