A
family was driving in an unfamiliar city and was not able to find a certain
address they were looking for. They stopped and ask a gentleman walking along
the street if he could give them directions to their desired location. The man
replied, “Well, let’s see. Go two blocks north, turn right, proceed six blocks,
and—wait, no—go four blocks south to the first light. Turn right and stay
on—no, that won’t work either. Just turn at the corner and go west—no, that
won’t do. The new interstate is going through there.” The man finally blurted
out, “I’m sorry, folks you just can’t get there from here!”
This
story reminds us of how catastrophic our plight would be if God had not loved
us so much, He became man and dwelt among us. If on that glorious morning in a
stable in Bethlehem the Savior of the world had not been born, we would have no
way to one day stand in the presence of our Lord and Savior. It would be necessary to announce to a world
of lost sinners “sorry you just can’t get there from here. We would have to try
to get to Heaven on our own merits and good works and there is no way that will
ever happen.
Jesus
was born into this world to live a sinless life that we could never live, and
die on The Cross to pay the penalty for our sins, He was the perfect Lamb to be
sacrificed so that His perfect blood would atone for our sins. When that stone
was rolled away and Jesus claimed the victory over Satan, sin and death. He
gave us the opportunity to claim that same victory, to spend eternity in Heaven
with him, by placing our trust in Him.
Because of what our precious Lord and Savior did on the
Cross of Calvary it can now be said “you can now get there from here.” The
question is: have you placed you trust in Jesus and asked Him to come into your
life as not only your Savior but your Lord as well? If you truly have accepted
Him as you Lord and Savior His will for your life will be on your priority list
and not on your options list.
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