Choose Right Now.

Earthly, riches here and now or eternal life with Jesus, entering the kingdom of heaven?

Choose.  Go ahead and choose. You pick one or the other, not both.

Make a choice.

Do you believe in Jesus? If you answer, yes, then you have to believe what He tells us in His word.

We are told this-

Mat 19:24  And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a normal sized needle, and most certainly anyone entertaining the idea of creating a camel sized needle is not comprehending what Jesus is saying at all, but looking for a non-existent loophole.

We are told-

Col 3:1  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

Col 3:2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Are you seeking things here on earth?

Are your affections here on earth?

Psa 62:10  …if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 

Mat 16:23  …Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 

1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 

Choose.

Choosing Christ over the world we are not to be of the world- our actions are not to be consistent with the world's, caught up in the angst of the world. Satan would trap us in the angst surrounding us, controlling us, filling our lives with all the angst he can just so we do not choose Christ over the world.

Daily angst- we all know what that means. From the expected angst, to the unexpected we know the world will offer us angst at every turn. HOW we handle the angst is HOW, is WHERE, is WHEN we make our choice for God or the world. The opportunity to choose appears constantly over and over again.

Col 3:12  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 

Col 3:13  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

Col 3:14  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 

Col 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 

Col 3:16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 

Col 3:17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 

The PEACE of GOD must rule in our hearts.  That doesn't say- let the peace of your own making, the peace of an angst free life rule in our hearts. It doesn't even say let the peace the world offers in fantasies and rare moments fill our hearts. The PEACE of GOD is a peace that PASSES our ability to comprehend. It is the peace of God, of having our affections set in heaven not on earth.

Truly anyone caught up in this world and that includes the RICHES of this world in whatever form they may take for us- is not choosing the Kingdom of Heaven.

God help us choose You over ALL else!

Save us from our wretched selves.

All through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR right now and FOREVER.