1 Peter 4:16 KJV [16] Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. https://bible.com/bible/1/1pe.4.16.KJV
For your eternity, believe in Jesus. That’s what should be important to you and me. Why? Because our lives are very short compared to the time we will spend with Jesus. That’s something that many people don’t think about but you should.
We worry about retirement and vacations but when it comes to our eternal home most people just don’t think about it. Even comparing a life of one hundred years doesn’t compare to ten thousand years, let alone eternity. For us…we can’t imagine that amount of time. Even thinking about time out to a thousand years from now is hard for us to do.
God loves all of humanity but it’s our sins that He won’t tolerate. He is Holy and the two can’t go together. It’s like trying to mix oil and water, they don’t mix. It’s hard to comprehend how much God loves us and some people think that He doesn’t, but love always leaves a mark. Something is always changed when love is in the picture, real True Love. In most cases, true love changes us for the better. Sometimes the pain we see around us and all of the suffering that happens all over the world, is hard to justify. But we’re not supposed to justify what is good or bad in the world, that is God’s job.
Share the love of God with those you know and with those you don’t because the time is growing short. We don’t know the day or the hour but with everything that is happening in the world, we are on the edge of the book of Revelation. Read Matthew 24 and compare it to the news happening every day and you will see what I mean.
God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son to bring us salvation. All that we have to do is believe in Him and what He did for us. It sounds too simple but if you can just give your heart to Him and believe in Him, repent of your sinful ways, then you will have eternity to be thankful and to thank Him for it. Our righteousness is nothing compared to His holiness but He loves you more than you can imagine. It is your sinful lifestyle that He can’t stand.
God is LOVE and it is that love that saves us from our sinful lives IF we will believe in Him and in the sacrifice made for us by His Son, Jesus. The Bible describes God as being clothed in light. Heaven is described as being lit by Him and by light that pervades everything in Heaven where there are no shadows.
Many will miss out on going to Heaven by just 18 inches, the distance between your head and your heart. Knowing about Jesus isn’t good enough. Knowing about God or even knowing and memorizing Bible passages will not save your soul. The priests in Jesus’ day had memorized most of the Old Testament but they still didn’t recognize Jesus as their Messiah.
In this life many of us worry about retirement when we should be more concerned about our eternal home. Your life and mine only amount to about seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. Some of us may reach our 100th birthday if we have good genetics and good health. But consider how long one million years is…and that is just a small part of eternity.
Make sure of your eternal home because it will be so wonderful in God’s home!
What do you love about where you live?
Most of the time. During the week there’s quite a few gravel trucks going back and forth but when they stop, I enjoy listening to the birds and the crickets at night. No gunshots or police sirens.
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