I like to think that when we die we get one more chance to
accept Jesus. That in that last moment, and if we lived according to His
promise and not our own hopes, He will reach down and say “My child – believe in
Me now, that I can give you life eternal.”
And in that moment, we need to reach up and grasp the hands
of Jesus and enter the kingdom.
But will we?
I fear that I will be so busy holding on to earth that I may
miss it. What will happen if He reaches to me and I don’t reach up? Will he
take me regardless or will my pride and ignorance condemn me?
I say ignorance because the only reason to not embrace
eternal life is by not being aware of the gloriousness of the gift being
offered.
The easiest way to guarantee condemnation is bad habits and
behavior while on earth, out of God’s glory. True death comes if I look back
and see myself alive in body but dead in spirit, active in word but
pathetically idle in action.
Not only in the end, but do I see Jesus’ hands reaching to me
daily and do I reach for them or am I too busy to raise my arms in praise?
I don’t want to delay – I want to relieve stress now. I want
to ensure my eternal life and save God some work by reaching up now and
clasping the hands that will raise me up when He is ready for me.
