A Greater Homecoming

"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."
~Psalm 116:15

Billy Graham went home to be with the Lord yesterday. The world is a sadder place but I know Heaven is rejoicing, and so is Mr. Graham. He served the Lord for most of his life and led countless people to salvation. Truly, his death on earth, his homecoming in Heaven was "precious in the sight of the Lord." However, God sees each of His children's earthly deaths as 'precious'. There is no difference in His love for one over another. 

Sometimes we can get bogged down in what another person does compared to what we are doing. Maybe we see our pastors or Sunday school teachers reaching others and leading them to Jesus and think that our efforts just don't compare. Maybe we've looked at the lives of well known Christians like Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, or Corrie ten Boom, and think they must have a special place in Heaven that we will never see. But the truth is, God doesn't play favorites. He only looks at our hearts.

"But glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God (Romans 2:10-11)."

"Then Peter opened his mouth and said: 'In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality' (Acts10:34)."

Each one of us who have accepted Christ as our Savior is precious in the sight of God. Our lives and deaths are as meaningful to Him as those we esteem higher than ourselves. While some may be mourned by more people here on Earth, the only one that counts is Jesus. No matter how we are eulogized here, no matter how many tears are shed, the only words that matter are the ones Jesus speaks about us to our Heavenly Father.

"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in Heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in Heaven (Matthew 10:32-33)."

If you have not confessed Jesus Christ as your Savior, today is the day to make that eternal decision so Jesus will confess you before God.

"But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10:8-9)."

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Leviticus 19-21

A Year of Blessings by Marie McGaha ©2018