"There'll be some 'splainin' to do..." - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 10:13,

"He won't call me to account".

In Psalm 10, the psalmist tells us the wicked tells lies, Psalm 10:7.
Here is one of them. He lies to himself that the Lord won't call him
to give an account.

Nothing could be further from the truth. As the psalmist goes on to
acknowledge that the Lord does, in fact, see all the sin that takes
place, verse 14, he calls for him to make the sinner account for his
sin, verse 15. The psalmist won't be disappointed.

Jesus taught, "I tell you that men will have to give account on the
day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken." Matthew
12:36. Paul wrote that the whole world will have to give an account,
"Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are
under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world
held accountable to God." Romans 3:19. Later, in his letter to the
church in Rome he said, "So then, each of us will give an account of
himself to God."

Perhaps the most sobering comment about this is provided by the writer
of Hebrews, "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom
we must give account." Hebrews 4:13. Peter also speaks of the account
folks will have to give to the Lord, "They will have to give account
to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead." 1 Peter 4:5.

One might be tempted to rationalize that since everyone is sinful,
surely God will be lenient when account is given. This is another lie.
As we read in Revelation 21:8, "The cowardly, the unbelieving, the
vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic
arts, the idolaters and all liars —their place will be in the fiery
lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Sin will be paid
for.

The wonderful news is that, although we have all sinned, Jesus Christ
died for those sins so that we might find forgiveness and not have to
pay the penalty of eternal death for our sins. Jesus said, "I tell you
the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has
eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death
to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when
the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will
live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son
to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge
because he is the Son of Man." John 5:24-27. Whoever hears "my word",
the gospel, and believes will have this eternal life.

The promises of Jesus Christ are so much more than any lie we can tell
ourselves.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com