Party In Heaven

When humanity's relationship floundered and failed, God sent Jesus. Why did He do that? Because He loves us - John 3:16 "God so loved the world that He gave His only son".

Not only did God give Jesus, He gives us hope. Hope because He continues to seek those who haven't found Him yet.
Luke 19:10
And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost.

There are a couple of stories which Jesus told to illustrate how God seeks people and wants to save them:

• The first story was about a shepherd who lost one of his precious sheep, so went looking for it until he found the lost sheep. When he found the lost sheep, the shepherd was so happy that he had a party to celebrate.
• The other story was about a woman who lost a valuable coin. She searched diligently until the lost coin was found, and just like the shepherd she rejoiced.

How many of us get lost in the things of this world, in sin, and find ourselves helpless without any help from God? How many of us don't even realise we are lost, or indeed, how far we have wandered from God?

These people all need God. If you recognise yourself from one of the above descriptions, you need God, and God wants to save you today! God wants you to come to Him today.

Luke 15:10
In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents.

There's going to be a party in heaven, and God wants you to be His guest of honour! Respond to God today, because He is seeking you. There will be joy for you, and for all in heaven, when God finds you!

Love Will Find A Way by Delirious?
Look around at what you see
There's an s.o.s. ringing out for me
I thought I believed but I just turn away
From these souls living in this hell today

Tears are falling, on my face
From my face

Love, love will find a way to break through
This love finds a way to shine through
Your love, finds a way to break through,
This love finds a way to kiss you.

I stare in the eyes of this flesh and bone
I'm a tourist here so tomorrow I go home
I try to make sense of the things I've seen
Between the poverty and the five star dream.

Love will lead me to your feet
Love wont pass me on the street
Love will look me in the eye
Love wont leave me here to die
To your arms I'm gonna run
And escape what I've become
Love will find a better way, so they say

Love it will break you
Love it will take you
Love it will break you down

Checkout the Delirious? website: http://www.delirious.co.uk/html/

Diversion

What a journey home from work today!

It took me 1 hour and 40 minutes to do a journey that usually takes about 20 minutes. Not good. :(

As I went to join the motorway to head home, the police were out coning off the northbound slip road as there had been a serious accident so the motorway had been shut. So as I was already on the slip road by this time, I had to head onto the southbound motorway! i.e. the completely opposite direction from where I wanted to go!



So like many others I had to head down the southbound motorway to the next junction and try to get back up the other way. Unfortunately as they were taking everyone off the motorway northbound were I tried to join, the queue northbound was back to the next junction!

So having got off the motorway, further from home than I started, I took the back roads to get back to where I wanted to be...but so did many others, so while we were moving (unlike the northbound motorway) it was still slow going.

Although my journey home took much longer than anticipated, I am thankful I got home in one piece, as there were obviously some unfortunate folk who got caught up in the accident who weren't as lucky. I pray that there were no fatalities or serious injuries to those involved.


Like my journey tonight, we often get diverted in our Christian journey. We're tempted and distracted by worldly things which the Devil has put in our way to try to prevent us from doing God's work.


Proverbs 16:1,16:9, 16:33, 20:24 (NIV)
We make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.
We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how thy fall.


The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?

Even when you go off track, God's still with you. Just turn around a see Him standing there, ready to lead you back onto the right track.

If you've found your life going away from God, I pray today that you will ask God for directions to turn you back towards Him again. Let God direct your life.

All the Way My Saviour Leads me by Chris Tomlin