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Marks The Spot
This same Jesus, who has been taken
from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen
him go into heaven.
Acts 1:11
Mark had been asked to share at the
Communion table, and as God had done so many times, He’d provided
Mark an object lesson to share with the congregation. “I want to
take you on a treasure hunt where ‘X’ marks the spot,” Mark
began. “Most people, who know me, know that I love looking at the
sky for signs of God’s handiwork...seeing the beauty He sends in a
sunrise or sunset…or the vastness of the night sky.
On my way to work each morning I
intermittently glance over my shoulder to catch a glimpse of the
sunrise. There’s a particularly high hill that gives a panoramic
view of the sky where I always turn and look. On Wednesday morning I
was amazed to see that two jet plane vapor trails had formed a huge
X, stretching across the Eastern horizon from the earth to the upper
levels of the atmosphere. These two billowing, bright orange,
contrails intersected where the greatest treasure in the universe
will return to Earth! And in that moment I could hear God whisper,
‘Tell them what this means! Share the Treasure with them!’
“Folks,” Mark said with passion,
“Jesus is coming back! Whether it happens in the next ten
minutes, ten hours, or ten-thousand years doesn’t matter. What does
matter is that Christ died on a cross so we can spend eternity with
Him. This treasure is free and available to all who accept it. Do you
know Him? Have you made Him your Savior? If not, I encourage you to
do so right now, this day. As you receive communion, invite Him to be
the Lord of your life.”
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Folks, salvation awaits, and just like
Mark described, Jesus is coming back! Our decision to accept
his offer of grace today will determine where we spend all of our
tomorrows. If you think you have all the time in the world to decide
you are deceiving yourself; tomorrow, for some of us, will not come.
If you’ve never done so before, I
invite you to make that choice today.
Prayer
“Lord Jesus, I accept
Your sacrifice as the greatest treasure of all time. Be my Savior and
Lord, today. Amen.”
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