Even Linda Ronstadt knew that you are no good. She’s saying it about you years and years ago. So, I know it. And Linda knows it. But do you?
Oh wait. Ms. Ronstadt actually sang “You’re No Good.”
And I just did a quick online check, and apparently she didn’t sing that song to let you know you are no good. I guess it was something about a lover or husband. Go figure.
But I think it’s still a good idea to recognize that, essentially, you are no good apart from God. In fact, you’ll never be good enough, on your own, to live forever. And the sooner you realize you’re not good enough to live forever, the sooner your life can change forever. Of course, if you are regular reader or listener of mine, you probably DO already know that. So, that little factoid is for unbelieving scanners who might end up here on my website by chance or curiosity.
Have you ever had this experience in life?
You found out there was something you loved and enjoyed, but you just weren’t any good at it. I remember multiple things like that for me. The first real letdown was when I wanted to be on the football team in high school. Family circumstances always kept me from being able to attend spring or fall training for sports. But during my freshman year I just knew I could somehow find a way to make the team. It didn’t happen, and I was extremely disappointed. Time passed, and I eventually thanked my lucky stars I never made the team. But at the time, it was hard to take. Do you have a similar story?
There’s another part of life you’ll come to terms with…one way or the other…
And you’ll discover, once again, you are not good enough.
But that discovery can have much more dramatic and dire consequences. It won’t be simply a matter of disappointment. It’ll be a matter of eternal torment versus eternal bliss.
Some people think they can make it to Heaven by being “a good person.”
But here’s the thing…
God has the key to Heaven. It’s in the hand of His Son, Jesus. And God’s standard for living eternally in Heaven with Him is 100% perfection 100% of the time. Can you say you’ve been that good?
I can’t. I’m not even close. I don’t think I’m even in the top 80 percentile. You may be in the top 1 percentile, but you still miss perfection by a country mile. Only one person who ever lived on earth ever reached that unreachable mark of !00% perfection for 100% of His life. Yep…Jesus.
And since the key to Heaven is in the hand of Jesus, it’s important to know how to get Him to Open the door for you. The secret is in your attitude. You got it have an attitude of gratitude for what Jesus came to earth to do. And if you realize He came here to do it for you, you will discover you are no good.
But you don’t have to be. You can be a child of the one true, living, loving God by trusting that His Son took your eternal punishment. That’s all…believe and trust. Will you do it today? Don’t wait, because one day you’ll see Him…
Face to Face
When we’re born into this world,
We’re empty-handed.
We can’t speak, and we can barely even see.
As we grow we see this life,
In which we landed”
Is a thread of well-designed complexity.
Each and every one of us
Had a beginning…
And so very small a spark of life sufficed.
Then we turned away from God
And started sinning…
And that put us face to face with Jesus Christ.
Face to face with Truth…face to face with Life.
Yeah, the Way to paradise is face to face
With the One who died and who lives inside.
Jesus Christ even loves us face to face.
When we leave this world, we’re
Leaving empty-handed.
We can go to that eternal, perfect place.
When we make the choice of Life,
We won’t be stranded.
And we’ll get to see our Savior’s loving face.
© 2010 Tony Funderburk
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