Floods



(c) Owen Humphries, Guardian website

 ‘Forecasters have warned there may be worse to come and after residents in the south west suffered from the floods over the weekend, people in the Midlands are now braced for the worst as bad weather moves northwards’, Channel 4 News, quoted from Google News. After one of the wettest summers for some years, many people are facing further rain and the very real danger of flooding in their homes. It is one thing to have a burst pipe and water in parts of the house. What must it be like to see water flooding into the downstairs level of your property and rising to two or three feet deep? It may be you can retreat to higher levels within a house, but ultimately the clean up time will arrive. Then, there is the process of insurance claims to try and provide funds to renovate and rebuild.

The agony of anyone in this situation must be finding that the insurance policy is not there. For whatever reason, there is no backup. What a real tragedy to find that everything is ruined and we have no insurance to cover the loss. For some, such an act of negligence would be unforgiveable. Surely, some would say, after this last summer you could have made some preparation for the possibility?

Many people are of the false opinion that “it can never happen to me”. They see the sorry plight of others and think that they could not be caught out like that. They confidently state, “I’m covered”. Perhaps I could ask you, “are you covered?” I’m not seeking insurance business. I’m simply asking, what preparation have you made for when you meet God? We all will. Rest assured. We all have to face God, either to accept His Son as our Saviour, or to face Him as our Judge. The Bible tells us of one man’s message, which was “Prepare to meet thy God”. Are we listening?

The preparation we need to make for this occasion is equally simple. As we are all sinners in God’s sight – we have all done things that are wrong – we need God’s forgiveness. We can only find it through believing in God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Why? Because some 2000 years ago Jesus died upon a Roman cross! I know, as a fact, and can state “Jesus died for me – He bore my sin and paid my debt”. Take Him as your Saviour. Believe in the sacrifice that He made and you can be prepared to meet Him as your Saviour and Lord, and not as your Judge.