I recently received a call that someone who had caused great harm to my family had passed away. It is questionable whether the person knew the Lord, I had witnessed to them, and I know that they knew of Jesus, but I don't think they 'KNEW JESUS". Initially I had a feeling of relief, (that the person wouldn't hurt anyone else and that my family would be safe now), then I had the normal feelings of regret that we all have when we receive a call of this nature (because things could have been so different had they received Jesus). After going to bed that night and waking for my usual (extra) early morning prayer time, it hit me, that "Eternity Is A Long Time"!

The person can't come back now and change their mind, they can't say I'm sorry any more, they can't repent and be saved anymore, it's too late... and Eternity Is A Long Time. As I thought on these things, I asked God again for mercy, I know they didn't realize, who they were denying, and what the outcome of rejecting salvation really is. I realized..."and after that the judgment"... when "death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire". Then I thought about the fact that, no matter how bad they thought things were, if they missed heaven, it will get worse! Thinking themselves wise, in making fun of our faith, in mocking God, in blaspheming the Holy Spirit, in their greed thinking that money bought what was missing in their lives, they became as fools... God said, "vengeance is mine and I will repay", He said that "it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of an angry God"...and Eternity is a long time!

My God...MY G-O-D! As Christian Ministers we have such a life (and eternity) changing call. What we say and do, the way we treat others and ourselves, is a walking testimony which others see and utilize to determine whether they will accept or reject our Savior. I have purposed in my heart again, to pray, preach, minister, counsel, mentor, cover, and teach realizing that "Eternity Is A Long Time!

When things seem to be going other than the way we wanted, when we are faced with challenges in our lives, families, ministries, and communities, we have so much to be thankful for, because we have Jesus and Eternity IS a Long Time! I can't tell you how thankful I am for Pastor Frederick K.C. Price, through his ministry I don't have to worry that "Eternity is a Long Time", I am so thankful for Pastor Billy G. Ingram, because it was at a service I attended at Maranatha Community Church, that I heard the Voice of God, call me into Ministry. I am so grateful and thankful to the obedient men and women of God who deposited the word into my life. Above all else, I am so thankful to have JESUS, and that I have been saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost, (and that with fire). Had God not changed my life, I would be facing a different kind of eternity... and it last a long time.

I have a revitalized determination that "All" (and I mean all) be saved and come to a knowledge of the Lord... Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, "let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith. .. because "Eternity IS A L-O-N-G TIME!-- and people need the Lord (even the ones we don't like).

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