Death Has No Claim On Us
People sometimes ask me, "Have you ever had a close bear encounter?" I had one climb the tree I was sitting in, and another was panting with his nose pressed against my mosquito screen tent door. I had a huge sow grizzly with two 'football sized' cubs pass about 15 feet from me when I was sitting on the ground. Why do bear stories interest people? Because bears are dangerous. They could kill you.
Something about facing great danger and yet surviving appeals to us on a deep level. I believe that it's because God "has set eternity in our hearts." (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Somehow every human being knows that death is wrong- that it isn't what we were made for. And every person feeling this is absolutely right.
God has made us to live with him forever, but our own sin condemns us. You see, heaven is perfect. The only way for us to enter in is for our sins to be forgiven. This happens only through faith in Jesus Christ. He makes us new, he grants us eternal life. And from that moment forward death (by bears or anything else) has no claim on us. Be blessed! -Pastor Brad
Written on February 19, 2025
Posted in Daily Devotions