Beloved, whether we are of the same blood, friends through circumstance, acquaintances by chance, or complete strangers, I ask you to please read and seriously consider these few simple, but absolute truths.
Truth: As Prince once sang, “Forever is a mighty long time.”
Compared to Eternity, life in this world is but a drop of water falling into a vast ocean.
Immeasurable.
And with ripples.
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. (Isaiah 40:15)
Truth: Just as one day you were born into this world, one day you will surely die out of this world and enter into Eternity.
Truth: There are only two destinations inside Eternity. One you want; one you don’t.
Trust me on this.
Truth: Many people are fairly sure they’ll go to heaven. Others think they will. Some hope they’ll wind up there, while way too many are only wishful. And then there are those who doubt, or know for certain they won’t … and the ones who just don’t care.
Truth: The number of those who are SURE, who believe with a faith that can’t be shaken that their eternal destination is heaven is small.
Truth: Some don’t believe in Eternity. They think life happens … and then you die. End of story. Whether you believe it or not, Eternity is real. And it awaits each of us.
Truth: There’s a funny meme making the rounds on social media right now, and I don’t mean in the funny ha-ha way either. It’s an uncomfortable truth that we tend to laugh off to ease our disquiet and worry.
“The fact that there is a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven
says a lot about expected traffic numbers.”
The Bible tells us: Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction (hell and damnation), and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life (with the Lord Jesus Christ), and those who find it are few. (Matthew 7:13-14)
Truth: God gave all mankind something that sets us apart from all other created things. He gave us choice.
Truth: Where we spend Eternity is determined by our choice in this world. Hoping won’t get you to heaven. Wishing won’t. And ignoring it in hopes it will go away …
“When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.”
(William James quote)
Question? Are you willing to forego your God-given right to make a choice regarding where you spend Eternity? Because Satan is most eager to cast your proxy vote for you.
