My Reckoning

 

We speak of standing before God
To answer for our sin
As if it’s just a “check the box”
Then head out with the win.
 
I know that Christ will speak for me,
But I must stand and face
The list of sins, of all I’ve done,
A tally of disgrace.
 
I may not have to bear the weight
That such a life should bring,
But I must hear each one declared,
A shameful reckoning.
 
That is the reason that I rise
Each day and try once more
To walk closer beside the Lord,
Than I have walked before.
 
I try to be less of the me
That I have always been,
To live my life with much more grace
And with less and less sin.
 
I know I’ll still stand at God’s throne,
As each of us will do,
I’m just trying to keep the count
Down by, at least, a few.
 
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.