Less than an inch. Less than two seconds. How does it change you?

You’ve been so successful in your life – your education, in business, your family, your time in public service. All of a sudden, those things don’t seem to mean a thing.

You should be dead. Dead. Gone from this earth. You wouldn’t be here if the forces of nature had their way. How does that change you?

God intervened. God. God reached down and altered the universe to save your life.

You’ve always understood God as a force for good. A helper. But it’s suddenly clear that He is Far. More. Than. That. He’s the Infinitely Powerful Creator of the Universe. The Absolute Controller over whether you live or die. Power unimaginable.

Like Moses also found, He’s so powerful you cannot even look directly at His face. It’s overwhelming. Humbling. Frightening. And it means Nothing will Ever Be the Same. Nothing.

It means God has redeemed your life, the remaining time you have on earth. How does it change you?

It means you owe Him your life, your time, your resources, your loyalty. Where you have mostly relied upon your own power and resources, this sudden awareness of just how powerful God is and how much He cares about you and every other soul on this planet means that’s all in the past. In your Old Life.

Going forward, He wants you to rely on Him to guide your decisions. The people you choose to surround yourself with, the policy decisions you initiate, your personal relationships. All your thoughts, decisions and actions have a New Filter to consider.

Learning to lean on Him will require a complete change of focus. It will take time. Practice. You won’t do it perfectly at first – or ever, really. But you will get better and better at it.

You’ve been given a gift. And you’ve been redeemed for a purpose. You now realize He has a Plan for your life. A plan to turn the peoples’ hearts back to Him.

This changes everything.