The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for August 5th, 2011 09:08 AM
toldailytopic: How does one get to heaven? |
First one must realize that they are lost.
It is not like you are lost in the middle of the Amazon and might find your way out, on your own, or might find someone to lead you out.
This entire world is the Amazon, and you are completely lost.
When you realize that as a fact, you will then begin to cry out for someone to help you, find your way out of the inescapable jungle that you are in ."You shall seek me, and you shall find me, when you seek me with all your heart"
You may hear many voices, offering the answer, some may even be your own. They all want to "help" and they all seem to have a plan. But when you come across someone who has actually been looking for you, and when you hear His voice, it sounds somewhat familiar.
Listen to Him, follow Him, and obey Him. He knows the way out.
If He has some scars on His hands and feet, and a wound on His side, that you can see in your mind's eye; He's the one. Surrender to Him, and trust Him.
He's been here before, and He knows what the jungle is like, and how terrible and terrifying it is. He got out, but not before it tortured Him and put Him to death. He was the only one to overcome the death, that this world deals out, from this inescapable trap that we are all in.
He alone escaped this jungle and death, and returned for forty days to prove it. Now His Spirit calls to all mankind, to help us all escape this world and its death. His sheep hear His voice, and respond to it.
Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart, but respond to it, and be comforted as He leads you away, unto life, and into His heaven. If you let go of His hand, and get temporarily lost again, sit still, cry out again, and He will find you once again........ Hold on a little tighter this time.
There is only one person who ever died for me, and could promise me everlasting life. I choose to surrender myself and follow Him, for those reasons.
As a parent often wants what is best for a child, more than the child wants it for Himself. Our heavenly Father wants us out of this world and into His heavenly home, far more than we ourselves do. The sacrifice of His only Son, is the sign post, we are looking for, to escape this lost road to nowhere.
Heaven is a "good" destination, to seek from where we currently are.