4 AM Rambling

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.JOHN 3:16  KJV



They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. EPH 4:18 ESV


No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. MATTHEW 6:24 ESV




It’s 4 AM and I can’t sleep.  That usually means God is wanting me to write something.   You know......all the verses in the bible, all of the praying, all of the going to church, all of the giving to needy, all of the love you may give people...............None of this is worth anything to your eternity unless you believe.  Believe what Steve?  Believe that God is real...Believe that He allowed His Son to come to this earth and be beaten and tortured in order to save the same people that were beating and torturing Him.....Believe that Jesus died on that cross for YOU.....Believe that God speaks to us through prayer and His Word among other things.....Yes you have to believe to have everlasting life. 


I’ve heard many folks here recently telling me things like, “ I go to church”  “I’m a good person”, and those things are great but they won’t get you into heaven, because they can’t be able to get you into heaven.  Why?  Because if they could get you to heaven, then why in the world would Jesus have had to come and die for your sins.  The truth is, when people lay out a set of THINGS that they think will help get them to heaven, what they are really saying is I believe but Jesus dying wasn’t good enough.  I have to do things my way not His way.  People God is alot smarter than we are.  If it were as easy as doing good works, then I assure Jesus wouldn’t have had to die for us.  God’s plan of salvation is laid out perfectly in John 3:16.  Read it again and think about what it is saying.

In the second verse, the “darkening of heart” is what the “lost” epidemic is.  People don’t fear God anymore, because people don’t believe in Him anymore.  It’s soooo hard to witness to someone who doesn’t believe in God, because if there hearts have been hardened then the Holy Spirit may not be convicting them anymore, and that should scare the hee bee jeebies out of them.  Most of the time, when people who may have been saved start saying things like God doesn’t exist, I think it’s because they have started living for themselves and it’s easier to do that if you convince yourself that this life is all there is.  The sad thing is that once you take your last breath your chances for salvation are over.  Either you will be in Hell with Satan where it is described as a place of “gnawing and gnashing of teeth”, or you will be in the presence of God in heaven for an eternity of peace and utter joy.

About the last verse I just want to say this.  Here money is the other master, but the core of the verse holds true with anything that is in front of God in your life.  Your spouse, your kids, your job, your self......Any of these things can be you master.  Just remember, if you really believe in God, then you have to believe He is in control.....Quit stressing about small things.......Tell others about Jesus......Ask God to use you in any way.......Live for His will not yours......If money has become an idol to you, then remember this........Cash will catch on fire in hell and Satan doesn’t accept credit cards....


POINT to all of my 4AM rambling?


.................If we could read your thoughts and catagorize where most of the energy in your life is spent...Would it be on God?  Or is it on something else? 
God Bless!!!!