The End Times

A blink of an eye and 2011 is almost seeing the closing of it's first quarter of the year. Wow, where did all those minutes and hours go?

In a space of less than three months - civil wars, tsunamis and earthquakes.
Sometimes, it makes you wonder just how fragile life can be, just how the unexpected can take us by surprise and leave us as humans with all our fine technology feeling desperate and minute.

I may not be a citizen of Japan, but I believe hearts all over the world have been moved by the devastation and desolation that have struck this nation. Under normal circumstances, disaster struck areas see looting and people running amok, but Japan surprisingly has not fallen to this state.

Instead I see the young and the old, the ones in power and the ones governed; all working together to make life more bearable for each other. Despite the obvious lack of food and water, citizens are giving way to each other and lending a helping hand to one another.

Is the world ending? This question has been asked throughout the ages, but never has it been more significant than these times. Will the world end? How will it end? Will we all perish.

Eternity has been planted into our hearts for the longest time. If at this moment, there is that sense of longing, desperation and that sudden violent questioning to what is the purpose of life.... let me tell you it is not an accidental emotion. You aren't being influenced by anything.

Deep cries out to deep. God has placed a piece of eternity in our hearts and that part calls out even louder of late for us because we realise that the earth is spinning out of control, and if life was all about what was going on around us, life really does feel futile.

But there is Jesus and He alone stands the test of time. He was the payment for what we couldn't do and because He died and rose again, we can cheer and rejoice because the cheque has been cleared and payment has been made for the world's sins.

God loves you. His kingdom has come to embrace you and accept you.
Will you make that choice today?