How many times in your life were you pretty sure you were about to die?  Yet you’re still here to read this.   But what if the Lord came to warn you that your time was nearly finished here?  What a great kindness.  Who can testify that this has happened to them?  I suspect a few have received such grace from Jesus.  But where are they to ask?

Hezekiah found out that the Lord’s words are promise of surety.   “In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah. . .”  (Isaiah 38)

What a blessing if we were living until we heard those words.  We would have time to set things right.  But that isn’t the case, is it.  Most of the time, death comes unannounced and unwelcome.   What a blessing to encounter the end of this world prepared to enter eternity.  I write this to praise the Lord’s kindness.  But I also write this to help others wake to the reality of this temporary place of testing.