Just a Thought

A World War II chaplain told the story of a young man he encountered on the battlefield after a particularly bloody day of fighting. The soldier was mortally wounded, and his life was ebbing away. With fearful eyes, the young man looked up at the chaplain and said, “Sir, will I live?” The chaplain knew he was dying, so he said to the soldier, “Son, are you trusting Jesus Christ?” The boy replied, “Yes, sir; the greatest day of my life was the day I submitted my life to Him.” So, the chaplain looked at that young man and said, “Then yes, son, you will live.”
Unless Christ returns during our lifetime, every single one of us will make that journey from this life to the next. On that day it won’t matter how much we have, or how many good works we’ve done, or who our family was. What will matter is whether we have accepted or rejected Jesus Christ. Our eternal destiny hinges on that decision. We will either hear Him say, “Enter into the joy of your Lord,” (Matthew 25 v 21) or “Depart from Me, I never knew you” (Matthew 7 v 23).

We can thank God that His love is so great that He sent Jesus to die on a cross in our place, to bear the awful, but deserved, consequences of us rejecting Him and living to please ourselves. Jesus did this for all who repent and submit their lives to Him. Whoever we are and whatever our background, if we personally put our faith in Him we can step into eternity with confidence! As Romans 6 v 23 assures us that ‘What we deserve because of our sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord’