What sort of person ought you to be?

The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. *10*But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 
*11*Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, *12*
2 Peter 3:9–12.

One day, all of this, as we know it, will end.

Do you know that?
Do you live that?

One day, maybe when you least expect it, this life, this world, will end. You may be on Earth when it happens, or you might of already left it. Whichever way, do you contemplate what that will be like? Do you live with the reality that one day you will not be here? Are you ready for that day to come?

I don’t mean to be morbid, but one fact about life is that there will also be death. Not much else is  guaranteed in life other than this. One day you and I will no longer be inhabitants of Earth - are you ready for that day to come?

The verses above describe how the Earth will end - the stars will be dissolved, and then the things that are done on Earth ‘exposed’ - are you ready for that? I don’t know about you, but to me that sounds terribly scary! I would prefer somethings in my life to remain hidden for all time. Yet this verse says the things we have done will be exposed. That scares me. I don’t really want all the things I have ever done to be visible to others, as I am sure you don’t either. However that is what this verse says. It should challenge us as to how we live our lives from now on. We can be forgiven through our misdeeds through Jesus, but these verses should cause us to consider, ‘what sort of people ought you to be’?

If you have a faith in Jesus, how do those around you know it? What kind of person are you? What sort of person do you want to be considered to be when the world, or your life ends?

‘what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness’?