have seen your salvation

From today. You need to hear this, my friend. You really do.

Jesus says in John 10, “I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” That was Jesus’ mission on earth – to lay down His life for you. The most important question that you will need to answer during your life is will you accept Christ as your Shepherd, or won’t you? If you don’t, you will be separated from God for all eternity. But if you choose yes, all of the rich promises of our great, big God are available to you. The Bible says He will shield you. He will defend you. He will strengthen you. He will deliver you. He will rescue you. He will light your way. He will bear your burdens. He will lead you beside still waters. And yea, though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you will fear no evil, for the LORD your Shepherd will be with you.

Next Sunday is April 1st, a date set aside to nationally recognize fools. The great missionary Jim Eliot once said, “They are no fools who give what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot lose.” You will not live forever; your physical life will one day cease. But if you give that life over to Jesus today, you will be trading your perishable life for one that will not end, one you cannot lose.

Today you can meet your salvation if you put your faith in Christ. And if you do that the Bible says “that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, nothing will be able to separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus.” You will enjoy eternal rest and renewal if you turn over your life to Christ right now. And if you do that, my friend, the Bible says that all of Heaven will rejoice, and surely goodness and mercy will follow you all of the days of your life, and you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Take His outstretched, nail-pierced hand today, my friend, and see it where it leads you.