HEAVENLY REWARDS

As I watched the Presidential Inauguration last Tuesday, I had to wonder if President Bush, as he watched on, thought that the last 8 years went by fast or slow. You know the last 8 years have been hard on him, the way that the media has portrayed him, the things that he could have told to make himself look better, but couldn’t because of national security. And now we have a new president, the 44th, President Barak Obama. Love him or hate him, care or don’t care, he is our president and we must pray for him, pray that he will have wisdom and know how to use it, for what he does effects us. As I watched I saw the masses of people in attendance, there to see their hero being sworn in, or there to see the first black man sworn in, or there just to be able to say that they saw history being made. I always liked that phrase, “History being made.” Do you realize that everyday we see history being made, maybe not the history that will be written in the history books, but if we are alive we are seeing history being made everyday. If we are alive we are writing history everyday, every minute that passes becomes history, so you are writing history everyday, good or bad. Some say that Bush leaving the White House is the end of an era, some say the end of an error. Some say that Obama coming into office is the beginning of an era, some say that it is the beginning of an error. What will people say about you when you are gone? Will they say that the legacy you left was a good one, the end of an era, or that your life was one mistake after another, the end of an error. If we are like the Apostle Paul, and our goal in life is to tell as many people as we can about Jesus, and to see as many as we can come to a saving relationship with Christ, then at the end of our life not only will we receive rewards in Heaven, but we will leave a rich legacy here on earth.
Rick Warren prayed in Jesus name in front of the entire world, if we have the nerve to speak in Jesus name to our family, friends, co-workers and to people we don’t even know, we will have the heavenly rewards and leave a rich earthly legacy. Make it a habit this year.