Destination Blindness

My plane had just landed in a mid-Western city during a record breaking cold spell and the pilot welcomed us to the city with a temperature reading that made you want to divert the fight to Florida. Well, at least I had checked the weather channel and I was able to anticipate that I was about to enter the ice age so I had the appropriate coat, scarf, gloves and layers. As I was waiting for my suitcase in the baggage claim area, I heard someone yell, "Grab those pineapples." Excuse me? Well sure enough there were two couples just returning from Hawaii with beautiful live flowers around their necks, and they were wearing short sleeve shirts . . . and carrying their box of fresh pineapples. Well when I hit the wind outside, I was cold, and I was prepared. I can't imagine what happened to the Luau bunch? When they woke up that morning they probably just said, "Well, I'll just dress for where I am." They were totally unprepared for where they were going!

Well, I'm RON HUTCHCRAFT and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU today about DESTINATION BLINDNESS.

Now Jesus told about a man who was very prepared for where he was, but totally unprepared for where he was going. It may be like you. Luke 12:16, our word for today from the Word of God, Jesus told them this parable, "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do, I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I'll do tear down my barns and build bigger ones and there I will store all my grain and my goods and I'll say to myself you have many good things laid up for many years, take life easy, eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you, then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'"

Here's a man who was really dressed for where he was, he had it all, he had his earth security well planned out. But he forgot about where he would be planning most of his future, in Eternity. He was totally unprepared to meet God. It's easy to make that fatal mistake isn't it? Taking care of business, your family, retirement, and neglecting our destination - eternity. Someday your heart will beat for the last time, and in that unpredictable moment Eternity begins for you. And at that point it won't matter what your title was, or your income, or your religion, your achievements . . .all that's going to matter is whether or not you have a personal relationship with God. A relationship that can only be accessed through God's Son, Jesus Christ. Why? Because none can make it to heaven with sin. God's perfect, and He can't let sin in. God was supposed to run your life and mine, but over and over we've said, "No, I'll do it God." Three times, this man that God called a fool said, "I will, I will, I will." Because of that, God is out of our reach, but we are not out of His.

God says this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins in the most incredible act of love you'll ever hear about. The God we defied sacrificed His one and only Son to carry our death penalty for the sin we did. And now your Eternal destination, Heaven or hell, depends totally on what you do with Jesus Christ. You can reject Him, or you can reach out to Him and say Lord I'm not ready for Eternity but I want to be. I'm facing the fact that I've gone my way instead of yours over and over again. And right now I'm putting all my trust in You and Your death on that cross for me - to remove the sin between God and me, to give me Eternal Life. If you're not sure you're ready for Eternity and you want to be, would you please contact me? The email address is RHM@hutchcraft.com, and I want to send you a booklet, "Steps To Peace With God."

Maybe you've been so focused on where you are now, that you've neglected your forever. You and I are one heart beat away from Eternity. It's time you got ready for where you will be for a long, long time.

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