This morning after dropping my wife off at the train station I was approaching the entrance to I-65 so I put on my right turn signal to make the turn onto the expressway. There were no cars behind me at all and a police car in the lane next to me and in front of me. There was another car directly in front of me as well. I was almost there when this big truck sped past me and tried to jump in front of me, nearly running me off the road. I swerved to avoid the collision and after almost crashing he realized he was going too fast and settled in behind me where there was plenty of room.
The Lord showed me through this experience that this is how some people will try to get into heaven. There are so many people who profess Christianity but they are not walking the walk. They are carelessly driving 90mph on the "grace track" thinking this will last. Then at the last minute they will try to get in and change their ways but by the time they make the decision it will be too late. It will be like trying to cut off another saint while running to the gates which are closing. This of course is a metaphor but the reality is there won't be time to cut someone off. The Bible says that the Lord will come like a flash. "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." (Matthew 24:27 NIV)
The earth is filled with people who either have accepted Jesus and continue living in unrepentant sin or people who have heard the message of Jesus who refuse to accept it because it infringes on their "sin-filled lifestyles", or people who have never heard the message of Jesus. Don't wait until you "see the last saint caught up" and then try to knock them out of the way to try and muscle your way into heaven. It doesn't work like that. YOU WON'T GET IN! Accept Jesus today, and if you already have accepted Him, repent of your sins and be forgiven. Then begin to live a righteous life. Do it today! If you wait until tomorrow, it may be too late.
God bless you!
Robert T Sells
"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." (1 Corinthians 15-51-53 NIV)
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About the author: Robert T. Sells (aka The Anointed Poet) is the co-owner, with his wife Marlas, of Words of Inspiration Ministries in Merrillville, Indiana. He is known for his gift of prose and has been spreading the message of the Gospel through poetry and song around the country. Sells is also the author of several books in the Words of Inspiration poetry series and a Christian spoken word CD. For more information about his ministry or to purchase products and/or services, visit his website at www.robertsellsonline.com.
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