Another World

This week, I watched the evening news with my mouth agape in total disbelief that someone in South Carolina had the gall to hijack a school bus.  The news report stated that there were no injuries.  I thought, there may not have been physical injuries, but there will be emotional trauma.  Later in speaking with my sister, she saw the aftermath of the situation just after dropping her daughter, my niece, off at school.  I said to her, “I’m ready to move to another world.  This whole world is crazy.”  

The truth is, at some point in the future, only God knows when, I will be moving to another world.  As Jesus said, “My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?”  (John 14:2)  I don’t know exactly what the new world will be like, but I’m sure it will be free of crazy because it will be free of sin. 1 Corinthians 2:9  tell us, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.”  I’m sure I am not the only person who has thought about an alternative location to all the ridiculous and horrendous things that happen on earth.  The question is, while I am confident that my heart is in the right place for heaven to be my final destination, are you as confident about your heart and final destination?  

Scripture tells us in Romans 10: 9-13  “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”  12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  

Are you saved?  Understand that salvation is not a matter of whether you are a good person, it is not a matter of your work professionally or in the church, it is not a matter of how much you give to charity or whether you feel comfortable praying in front of a group.  Salvation is not a measure of how much you sin or what those sins were or are.  To be saved you must confess that Jesus is the Son of God who died to pay the penalty for your sins.  You must believe that He was then raised from the dead defeating death.  Through Jesus you are justified - you are no longer guilty of sin.  When you die, truly, a new world awaits.  “Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
 
If you desire to know more, speak with a minister or Christian friend, or email me at kim@kimberlyga.com. 
 
While we remain on this earth, be watchful and careful.
Kim

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