Faultless Before His Throne

“Now, unto Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before His throne….” I could hear my Dad saying that before he even took a breath to start. Many pastors and church people say it different now, but that is the one that rings familiar to me. In case you didn’t know, that is the beginning of the Benediction or the little thing they say at the end of church.

Just that little section right there says a lot to me; especially that part about presenting you/us faultless before His throne. That means that if we have done the things necessary to enter into the Kingdom, we can and will be presented as faultless. And of course this “got” me to thinking…(2 things)

Being presented faultless means that work must be done to us before the actual presentation. Presentations are times when we have an opportunity to show how well we have done. Of course there are times that we all have witnessed where someone had to make a presentation and it was horrible. Those times are sad and funny all at once. Some people have probably been that person…I have. But I don’t expect Him to drop the ball at the unveiling. Anyway…what I am saying is that the excerpt, in no way, describes our state upon arrival or during the time we are being worked on. Life is what we have to do right now and the presentation of us to Him comes at the end. We will reach our state of faultlessness then, so please do not be fooled into thinking you are perfect now. None of us are.

My second thought goes out to many people I have encountered throughout my life, times, and travels. When you replace Him on that glorious throne, I will worry about being presented faultless before you at that time and not a moment sooner. Until then….-(thought censored due to various reasons)

                                                                                                                                   

    -TTAI