NOW

“(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV

A student went to his professor and asked him “When shall I be saved?”  The professor replied “The day before your death.”  The student said “I don’t know the day I am going to die”.  The professor said “Be saved today”.  Not only should we be saved today, we should be saved now!

Jesus Himself said we should be saved now.  We read in the Bible “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36).  Inviting Jesus into our heart to be our personal Saviour is more important than any other decision we will ever make.

Not only should we accept Jesus as our personal Saviour, we should also follow Him.  We sing the hymn “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus”.  When we sing it, are we singing the words from our heart?  Are we following Jesus?  Ernest W, Blandy wrote the hymn “Where He Leads Me”.

Not only should we follow Jesus, we should also go where He leads us.  Are we going where He leads us or are we going where we want to go?  Jesus knows what is best for us and He loves us unconditionally so we should go where He leads us.  May God help us to follow Jesus instead of going our own way.

Heavenly Father, forgive us for going where we want to go instead of following Jesus.  Help us to realize that Jesus should have first place in our heart, in our life, in our time and in every place we go.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen. 

Joanne Lowe

October 11, 2016