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"Nail The Door Shut"
Contributed by John Bergh on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: When times are especially tough, Jesus is always there and always will be there.
As your pastor, I have had the honor and privilege of knowing a few people like this. They have known that the end in this world is near and they eagerly wait to be taken away. They have fought the good fight and now they will be rewarded with a life in heaven.
We need to keep this in mind in our lives. I hope that there are none present today who are close to death but we have to be ready all the time. If you know Jesus, then you are ready. If you don’t, then confess to Him and ask Him to live in your heart. This is what Paul had done and this is what many of our friends and relatives have done. When we do this, then when it comes to our time, we will be able to face it as a new life in another place. When we die, it is not the end. It is just the beginning. But we have to be prepared.
There is a story that is told by Larry Elder of an 84 year old grandmother who fiercely maintained her independence. She lived in a town where her four children also lived, but she rarely called them except in emergencies. This sounds very familiar to me. Anyway, one morning one of her sons drove to her house in apprehension as she had called and asked him to come right over. He got there and she told him that she thought that she had a burglar in the house as she had heard noises in her closet. She suspected that he was still there. The son was upset and asked why she hadn’t called during the night when this happened.
“Well,” she said. “It was really late and I hated to bother you at such an hour. So I just took a hammer and nailed the door shut and went to bed.”
This story captures the essence of this whole passage. When we come to these pinch points in life where something major is going to happen, take your hammer, who is Jesus, and nail the door shut on all your fears. You may think that you are all alone but you are not. Jesus is always there. He is there and he wants to help you through this. Go to Him anytime and all the time. He loves you so much that He will always be there. Thank you Jesus for our lives. Let’s pray.
