Or watching whales frolic in the bay while the wind whips your hair across your face. Or bright flowers carpeting the desert floor as far as you can see. Or catching a glimpse of a butterfly sunning on a flower. Or seeing a rainbow so vivid and close you are sure there is a pot of gold within reach.
These gifts from God are given to us for our enjoyment. They are given to everyone, whether you believe in Him or not. Theologians call this common grace.
God has another, even greater, gift for us - the gift of salvation and eternal life through faith in the atoning blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. Theologians call this saving grace.
But unlike the other gifts, we must actively seek this gift - we must choose to accept it. Romans 10:9 says, "If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
But this gift has an expiration date. Once we physically die, it is no longer available. The time to choose it, to accept this extraordinary gift, is now. Carefully consider it and make a conscious decision, not one from just doing nothing.
"And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Joshua 24:15
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