WHEN YOUR FLIGHT COMES, WILL YOU BE READY?-MARCH-JUNE ISSUE

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On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (Now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, the Canary Islands killing 583 people. This has being the deadliest aviation accident so far. In fact, this was a sad incident that happened in the world in 1977.  I know homes were jeopardized, hearts were saddened, faith was put to the test and people had this question in their minds “God, why did this happen to my….”.  
I started thinking about this disaster and the ruins it caused and these questions kept blowing my mind: Did these people know that this flight was their flight into eternity? Did they know their lives were going to come to an end on that day? Where these men new testament Christians?  After all these thoughts, I opened my Bible to James 4:13-14-“  13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”14 [a]Yet you do not know [b]what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.”  As I read this Bible text, I was reminded that our life is like a vaporizing substance. In the twinkle of the eye, it  vanishes away. We don’t and cannot know what our lives maybe in the next second. The victims of the deadliest aviation accident in 1977 never knew their lives were coming to an abrupt end on March 27. We too, as well, don’t know when we will die. But, we are assured that we will be judged when we die. (Hebrews 9:27,2 Corinthians 5:10). Friend, but we know if we are not living upright lives before God, we will be punished eternally.(Revelation 21:8)
Ooh, what will you gain chasing after this world and all its pleasures (Galatians 5:19,2John 2:15-16, Revelation 21:8, Colossians 3:8) at the expense of your soul? (Mark 8:36) Won’t that be a useless life venture? Can you please consider your ways today and surrender your life to Christ?   He will take care of you and He will grant you eternal life. Christ is ready to receive you. Why wait, take the decision today. We only have today. We do not know whether we will live tomorrow. Christ sacrificed his life for many (Mathew 20:28, Mark 10:45,1Timothy 2:6). Why neglect this great offer from Christ? (Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 12:1-2.) He says come (Matthew 11:28) and we will be adopted as the sons of God. (Ephesians 1:5)    
 How will it be if you die in your sins? Friend as you have life today, God has a better plan to redeem you from your sins. Hear the gospel message  (Romans 10:17), believe in Christ( John 8:24, Hebrews 11:6),confess your sins(Romans 10:9-10) repent of your sinful ways (Luke 13:3,Luke 13:5,Acts 2:38) and get baptized (1Peter 3:18-21, Mark 16:15-16,Matthew 28:18-19) and live faithfully till you die and you will have the crown of life. (Revelation 3:20).
To the backsliding unfaithful Christian, rise up and continue to run the race set before us. Our God will always provide a way of escape for us in times of temptation (1Corinthians 10:13). The pain and sufferings of this world are temporary. Our home is above (Philippians 3:20) and it should be our priority to make it there at all cost. Don’t lose heart. Stand up for Jesus. God loves you and He will take care of you. Repent of your sins. It will be a pity to turn back to the deeds you repented before a public witness. (2Peter 3:20-21)
 Though we don't know when our flights will come, we know if live faithfully and continue on the straight course every day, we will be convinced and confident to be with our father as Paul was when death comes.  (2Timothy 4:6-7). We will be happy when our flight is ready because we are going home to be with the Lord.  “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified” God bless you! Don’t quit press on till you are home.  
Akola Mbey Denis
23/06/2018

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