With God All The Time

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

If our earthly house ... is destroyed, we have a building from God, ... eternal in the heavens. --- 2 Corinthians 5:1

The Bible In One Year:
Leviticus 1-3
Matthew 24:1-28

It was the summer between Melissa's sophomore and junior years of high school. She and her friend Mandy were in Spain on a trip with their Spanish class, and they stayed up one night in their hotel room for a serious discussion. They had just seen a report on the BBC about some teens who had died in an accident, and they started talking about death.

Melissa told Mandy that she could not figure out why Christians were afraid to die. After all, she told her, when a Christian dies, he or she gets to be "with God all the time." What could be better than that? Melissa wondered.

How do I know about his conversation? Mandy shared this story with me and my wife shortly after we lost our precious 17-year-old daughter in a car accident in 2002. We have been comforted by this story, because it reminds us that Melissa knew she was saved, and she was confident that she would spend eternity with her Savior. We just never expected that she would be "with God all the time" so suddenly and so early in her life.

Do you have the assurance that Melissa had, that if you were to die you would be in God's presence forever? [2 Corinthians 5:6-8]. Make sure of your salvation today. Then you won't need to be afraid to die. --- Dave Branon

MAKING SURE
Admit that you are a sinner [Romans 3:23; 7:23].
Believe in Jesus for forgiveness [John 1:12; 3:16].
Confess that Jesus is Lord [Romans 10:9].

IF YOU MAKE ROOM FOR JESUS IN YOUR HEART, HE WILL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU IN HEAVEN.