What is it that you prepare for? What is it that takes your time and attention to get ready for? If you ask yourself that question, and you’re honest about it, I bet you realize that whatever you prepare for is important to you. Things that require your attention and time are important to you. God has prepared eternity for us. Let’s read that again. God has prepared eternity for us. That is awesome. But we must be aware of this other truth as well. Satan has done the same thing. Let that sink in. And if they are preparing eternity for us, then it must be important. Actually, probably better put it this way: They are at war over our eternity. Therefore, you better believe that it is important.
We are all going to die someday. That’s reality. And…reality is that we will all spend eternity somewhere. So living on this earth isn’t our forever home. As Christians, we rejoice in knowing where we are going. And how glorious that is going to be.
But, we don’t have a free ticket to heaven. To get there requires action on our part. I may be off a little bit, but this is what I believe. The Bible tells us that the way to heaven is through Jesus. That’s it. That’s the way. Jesus is the way. The path has been paved. What happened on the cross did that for us. Jesus did that for us. Believing in him as our Lord and Savior is the key. No way around that. And with that reward awaiting us, I think we should live our lives serving others trying to show them the glory that is awaiting them as well. Eternity with Jesus! Wow! We can’t even begin to imagine what that’s going to look like. Coach Armstrong used to always say: “We better have our lives in order. We better be prepared. We never know when our time here is done.” And oh how right he was. So maybe is the day. Maybe today is the day that you should make sure you’re prepared. Maybe today is the day that you believe Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior. Don’t hesitate. Do it. Then let’s go and love God. Love others. And serve the world.
