Sunday, July 26, 2009
What will you do when you see His face?
This question was asked in Sunday School as we were studying our heaven book and I really had to put some thought into it. The question,"What will you do when you see His face?" is not such an easy one to answer. You would naturally think you would just bow down, and be in awe of Him, but we all celebrate life in different ways. Maybe I will look at His beautiful eyes and see all His glory, maybe I will bow down and sing holy, holy, holy. Maybe I will dance around as if I am a child in a field of flowers, maybe I will jump up and down and say praise Jesus. Just maybe I would touch His garment, wash His feet, bathe Him with perfume, sing a song of praise to Him, say all the thank you's I haven't said, kiss His feet as I know they walked on water and were scared for my life. Would you hug Him, take His hand in yours? Will we bring a gift, and what kind of gift do you bring your Savior? Will we touch the face of our Redeemer, will be stand back in silence? Will we climb upon His lap, and tell Him just how much we love Him? What could we give Him that He doesn't already have? What words could we say that haven't already been said? We can give Him our hearts. We can say I love you now, and not wait until we are face to face. We can look all around and see His glory, His wonder, His grace. To see Him face to face, His nail pierced hands and feet, to see Him in all His glory will be the day we have looked for forever, every since we knew that His spirit was within us. To feel the strength of His hands, the softness of His touch will be one of such love and giving. On that day I can only imagine what it will be like. Will we all be there taking turns touching His face? Will we just be so humble in His vast glory of love for all His children that we all take hands and sing together? At the end of every service in our church we all take hands and we sing a song together,it is a beautiful thing to see and to hear. For all of us joined in together singing praise to our Father. Whether we are all together or if we are alone for that first meeting, that first glimpse of His face it will all be glorious, it will be praiseworthy, it will be a moment in time that we have yearned for, to see our Savior face to face. I don't really think any of us can say what we will do until that perfect time happens, until we are in the moment with our God. To see Him, to touch Him, and to finally say to His precious face,"I love You" will be worth all to us. We may stand or we may bow, sing or be quiet with a still heart. Can you just close your eyes and imagine? We see such glory now, we feel such love now, we hear His voice now, He is with us everyday of our lives, blessing us, teaching us, and molding us for that meeting. This will be the most important meeting we have had or will ever have. This one we must not miss, we must not be late, we must have our R.S.V.P to see Him face to face. Are you ready? Are you watching? Are you waiting? It is a day I can only imagine, but will one day come true. Our hearts will finally meet Him and we will be as a bride waiting on her groom. The most special day above all days, will you be there with me? What do you imagine it to be, that first time we see Him face to face? Glory be to God for that date that He has set to surprise us, to call us home, to hear the trumpet call will be the most beautiful orchestra we will ever hear, and we will have front row seats...