Daily Wisdom 01-31-2002 Your Destination Tag

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Your Destination Tag

My son-in-law Rick recently had to fight a battle thats all too familiar to frequent flyers its called Baggage Wars. Thats when your suitcase goes somewhere other than where youre going. Rick fought a four-week battle, calling almost daily to see if the airline had located a missing bag with some pretty valuable items in it. Hooray. They finally found it. It had been checked to Chicago it went to Portland, Oregon. It was checked on one airline and ended up tagged by a different airline. It started with his name on it, and it ended up with someone elses name on it. Do not ask me to explain this. Somehow Ricks valuables did not end up where he thought they would they were tagged for another destination.There is no destination more important for you or me than the place where were going to spend forever. Usually, we dont think about it much mostly when our health is in question, or our safety, or when someones death makes us confront our own mortality. Sometimes we spend more time thinking about this years vacation destination than our eternal destination. But forever is a long time. We need to know what our final destination tag says.

According to the Bible, some people are going to be tragically surprised by where they end up. Our word for today from the Word of God,Proverbs 16:25, says, There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. In one survey, the vast majority of Americans thought they would go to heaven when they die. But you can only get there Gods way any other way, however sincerely you believe in it, will not get you into Gods heaven.

Referring to Jesus with His title as the Son of God,John 3:36clarifies how to be sure Gods destination tag on you says heaven Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for Gods wrath abides on him. Why is this? Because no one can get into Gods heaven with their sin unforgiven. And our sin carries an eternal death penalty. A death penalty can only be paid by someone dying.And when it comes to your sin and mine, Someone did. Jesus. And only Jesus. In Gods own words, He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins(John 4:10). Your sin will keep you out of heaven. Jesus died to pay for that sin so you dont have to. Your eternal destination hinges on whether or not there has ever been a time when you told Jesus, Youre my only hope of being forgiven. Youre my only hope of going to heaven. Im Yours, Jesus.

Something wonderful happens the moment you give yourself to the Man who died for you. He changes the destination tag on your heart from hell to heaven. It can happen for you this very day.

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