Musings of a Vintage Junkie: eternity

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

The Greatest Invitation

Invitation + Desire = Acceptance

My bedtime ritual every night is to read my stack of devotionals, my favorite being Our Daily Bread.

It has a small devotional for each day of the month written by a Christian writer and then a complimenting scripture is included.

The one on Friday, March 31st got me.

It's not like I didn't know the content in that days writing, or had not heard it and read it many times before. I just had never read it put quite that way.

The writer of this devotion is David McCasland. He quotes Isaiah 55:1:

"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;

and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk without money

and without cost."

God is offering his free gift of salvation and everlasting life to anyone who will come to Him.

McCasland goes on to say how Jesus offered the same thing in the last book of the bible,

Revelation 22:17:

"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"

And let the one who hears say "Come!"

Let the one who is thirsty come, and let

the one who wishes take the free gift

of the water of life."

On this day before Good Friday, the day Jesus was crucified, and this Holy week of Easter, I thought it fitting to share this devotion.

The part that got to me is McCasland's final words in this devotion...

"We often think of eternal life as beginning when we die.

In reality, it begins when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord."

You can have eternal life TODAY! Giving your life over to Jesus Christ, repenting of your sin and trusting Him to direct your path, will glorify Him for what He did for you....dying on the cross and rising again. It is the message of Easter and it is for everyone that trusts in Him.

Your life will be full of peace and joy, regardless of the circumstances, knowing that He has it all in control and NOTHING happens to you that He doesn't know about first.

The invitation is there. If you have the desire, accept.

Your eternity starts today.

Happy Easter!