Friday "Light" - Head or Heart..?

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"When sinful people will not give glory to God for His mercies, He will fetch glory out of them by His judgments."   - William Greenhill

 

A person doesn't usually go headfirst into God, but rather heartfirst. The biggest problem sinners encounter is that this is what they do; they put their "head" before their "heart."

If you were to ask sinners what their apprehension is about making the decision to repent and accept Christ as their Lord and Savior, they might try to justify it in the following ways:

"I'm waiting for a time that is good for the Lord." Well, I'm telling you that there's no time better than the present! Every moment that you are a sinner is a moment that God is ready to save you.

In all honesty, you'll never find the gates of heaven open any wider than they are right now. Another might respond with, "I'm not necessarily waiting for a more favorable time for God, than I am for better conditions." 

Allow me to address this line of thought. There are plenty of individuals who desire heaven on their own schedule. They know what they're doing is keeping them apart from the Lord; yet they continue: doing it (John 14:6).

God is very patient. He can afford to be, after all, He has all of eternity. But we don't! Each day that goes by is one less day we have to make corrections. Change your life for the better today (2 Peter 3:9)!

I could go on and on, but I trust you understand the message here. There are many excuses that we as sinners could come up with for not accepting the Lord's offer of eternal salvation (Matthew 7:13-14). 

Jesus Christ died on that cross knowing that not everyone would accept Him. He expected nothng in return, yet left us with the promise of eternal life with Him in Heaven (Romans 3:23). The choice is completely yours. 

He could have made excuses for not accepting us, we certainly gave Him plenty of  reasons not to (John 3:17). Instead Jesus graciously did, with his "heart" and not His "head." Now, as they say, the ball... is in your court!

Scripture: Acts 4:12; Galatians 3:26; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 6:37  

Prayer: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”  - Galatians 2:20 (ESV)

Grace and blessings,

Margot