Wondrous Words

March 21

What is the most amazing thing you would ever hope to hear? Perhaps it might be the roar of the crowd as you cross the goal line to score the winning touchdown in a Superbowl game. Maybe it is the ‘Yes’ of your sweetheart as you propose marriage.

The sweetest words in your ears might be the affirmation of your boss that you have won a much-sought-after promotion. Or it might be the sound of all the people of the earth praying in concert for world peace. Although these certainly deserve consideration for the honor of most desirable words to hear, they’re not.

Imagine yourself on the threshold of eternity. Imagine that all the good works you have done have been brushed aside as irrelevant to the most momentous event of your existence. You are standing before Christ at the moment of judgment. You know you haven’t been good enough to be awarded Heaven but you have accepted Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord. All your hope rests in the relationship you have with Him.

You believe and are sure that just as your good works cannot save you, neither can your sins condemn you. He affirms this truth when He says, “Come, you who are blessed by My Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” Matthew 25:34. At these amazing words, the portals of Heaven swing open and you are given entrance to the glories of eternity! There can be no more wondrous words in the human ear than these!