Winston Churchill was once asked what his most awesome thought was.  One would think that he would respond in terms of world politics, or at least British politics.  But he said that his most awesome thought was that someday he would have to account to God for his life.

It might take a question like that, and someone to call us to deep reflection about our life, to cause us to think beyond our involvements today:  beyond that challenge that we face, beyond the fun that we’re having, beyond the money that we’re making.  It may not be a popular thought or even a thought that we’ve ever considered, but all of life says it’s going to be so.  Someday we’re going to have to account to God for who we are and what we’ve done.

That’s not something to be fearful of, but something to challenge us.