THUS SPEAKETH

It amazes me that a high percentage of Americans expect to go to heaven when they die. However, many of them hardly ever pray, read the Bible, or attend church. They admit that they live to please themselves instead of God. I often wonder why these people would want to go to heaven. It brings to mind Isaiah 55: 6 and 7 which says, “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

If you think that scripture hits the bull’s-eye…

Take in verse 8 and imagine what God’s thoughts are pertaining to this dilemma.

Verse 8 say, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”

There’s an engraving on the Cathedral of Lubeck, Germany which remind me of what I’d assume the Lord thus speaketh.

"Ye call Me Master and obey Me not,

Ye call Me Light and see Me not,

Ye call Me Way and walk not,

Ye call Me Life and desire Me not,

Ye call Me Wise and follow Me not,

Ye call Me Fair and love Me not,

Ye call Me Rich and ask Me not,

Ye call Me Eternal and seek Me not,

Ye call Me Gracious and trust Me not,

Ye call Me Noble and serve Me not,

Ye call Me Mighty and honor Me not,

Ye call Me Just and fear Me not;

If I condemn you, blame Me not.

Thus speaketh Christ our Lord unto us."