"Evil ON Every Corner"

In this world there is evil on every corner, there are temptations and distractions all around us, and there are many things fighting for our attention on a day-to-day basis. And to be honest, we can easily and sometimes unknowingly lose focus on what really matters in life.

And so, I encourage you to take a moment and think about whether you are truly living for Jesus Christ or are you content living life and simply putting Jesus Christ alongside everything and everyone else?

Hebrews 3:15 As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart as you did in the rebellion.

Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

Now, what does it mean to have a hardened heart? It means spiritual blindness, it means insensitivity towards God’s beauty and glory, it means chasing after our own desires instead of the things of God.

A hardened heart rejects God, but thankfully in his mercy, God has offered to change our hearts, so I want you to know that God can change your heart.

Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Since the beginning of time God has been drawing us toward himself. Even when we ignore him, he doesn’t walk away. He never gives up on us.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus compares his second coming to a great wedding feast, A joyful celebration of the perfect union between Jesus Christ and his bride, the church.

And so, we are invited to the greatest dinner banquet of all time. Have you responded to that invitation or are you putting it off until
 he last minute?

Maybe you’ve become deafened to the sound of him knocking, maybe your attention has been captured by other things like work, finances, relationships, those things seem important until you realize that they are only temporary.

And when your life is over or Jesus returns, they will no longer be of any value. We all think we have more time to get right with God, but the truth is that life is short, tomorrow is not guaranteed. Everything we do today matters on an eternal level. If Jesus came back today, would you be ready? Would you be able to say that your heart was firmly set on Christ?

Now is the time to place your faith in Jesus and so today if you hear his voice don’t harden your heart instead allow him to come in and change your life forever.