God’s Amazing Offer Suppose I invited you to experience the day of your dreams. Twenty-four hours on an island paradise with your favorite people, food, and activities. The only stipulation: one millisecond of discomfort. For reasons I choose not to explain, you will need to begin the day with the millisecond of distress. Would you accept my offer? I think you would. A split second is nothing compared to twenty-four hours. On God’s clock you’re in the middle of your millisecond. Compared to eternity, what is seventy, eighty, ninety years? Just a vapor. Just a finger snap compared to heaven. Your pain won’t last forever, but you will. Remember that “the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (Romans 8:18). If you have already accepted God’s offer into his family through placing your faith in Jesus Christ,
then you can have confidence in God’s plan for your life in any crisis. The Bible promises that nothing “in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). If you have not yet accepted God’s offer, you can do so right now. Not because you’ve earned it. But because he loves you and because the gift of salvation is available to all who profess him as Lord: • Believe that God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in your place for your sins.
If you wholeheartedly believe these things and want to become a part of God’s forever family, you can pray something like this: “Dear God, I admit that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior, who gave his life for my sins. I entrust my life to you, Father God. Please come into my life and help me live a life that pleases you. Amen.”
• Believe that Jesus rose from the dead after three days, showing that God accepted him as your substitute. • Believe Jesus’ claim when he said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). • Confess that you have sinned and ask God’s forgiveness. • Invite him into your life and ask for God’s to help to turn from your sin.
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And is it possible that the wonder of heaven will make the most difficult life a good bargain? The Bible says, “this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison” (2 Corinthians 4:17).