Our Choice

We are living in very troubling times.  There are many people who are struggling with many issues and they may even feel like there is no hope for them.  Many people have turned to drugs and alcohol to try to fill the void that they feel in their hearts and lives.  We all struggle with something in some way.

We all have that sinful nature within us that wants to do things our way and we don't want to have anyone else telling us what to do.  We can be so very prideful and self-centered.  We often want things done our way or no way at all.

We have trouble submitting to authority in all of it's forms.  We have all sinned.  We have all fallen short of God's high standards.  Many people give no thought at all about God.  There is a God and He is real.  We will all have to stand before Him one day when we die and enter into eternity.

It has been appointed for every person to die but once then face the judgment of Almighty God.  There is not one of us that would be allowed to enter Heaven based on our own merit because there is not one of us that is good enough.  We have all failed to live up to God's rules.

God made a way for each of us to find salvation and a place in Heaven when we die.  God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect and sinless life.  Jesus went obediently to the Cross where He shed His blood for our sins.  We must come to the Lord Jesus by faith and trust in His grace that He showed us on the Cross by taking that punishment that we so rightly deserve.

There is hope for each one of us no matter what hardships we are facing.  The believer in Jesus Christ has a wonderful unshakable hope through Jesus Christ.  There is only one name under Heaven in which we must be saved by and that is the name of Jesus.

I am selfish and sometimes I even act like a hypocrite.  I don't do the things I ought to be doing and I end up doing things that I ought not to do.  I am thankful that the Lord forgives me through the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior.  I am thankful that God raised Jesus to life on the third day and one day He will return to this earth and reign as the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

We have a choice where we will spend eternity.  We can spend it in Heaven by trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins on the Cross or we can reject the gift of salvation that Jesus offers each of us and spend eternity in a literal hell outside of the presence of God.

It's your choice.

Lord,
I praise Your Name.
I pray for those who don't know You.
Help me to walk more in the Spirit so I can reflect who You are more often.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen.