If you want an interesting three minutes, watch this year’s Kentucky Derby. It’s available on You Tube. Mine That Bird, with 50 to 1 odds that he would not win, started off running in last place looking at 18 tails in front of him until something marvelous happened. He started passing those tails and miraculously won, not by a nose, but by over 6 lengths. It was the stuff of movies.
I am reminded of some of my students. They sort of slink into class their Freshman year and convince me they will never make it to their Senior year. They look frightened and intimated by their more confident classmates and I think they are wasting their tuition money. Something marvelous happens over the next four years. They grow into confident young men and women and please us to no end when they march across the stage to receive their degrees. It is the stuff of movies.
Look in the mirror. Do you know what you see? You see a sinner destined for failure in the race for eternal life. A host of evil is against you. As the decades roll by you will commit a litany of selfish deeds. You will disappoint those around you and yourself. There will be snickering in hell as they prepare to welcome you to their misery. And then something miraculous happens. You come face to face with Jesus. You take His hand and accept His offer to be your righteousness and heaven’s door swings open. All your sins are forgiven and boldly you come before the throne of grace. It is the stuff of movies.
We can be sure of this because I John 1:9 is unadulterated truth.
Written by Roger Bothwell on May 4, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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