Rev. A. Hocking
I WANT IT NOW
Rev. A. Hocking
We live in a day of ‘instantly’. Instant coffee, frozen food that can be ready in the microwave in minutes, packaged meals that are ready in moments with the minimum of effort.
It is an attitude that is taking over society. People now want instant remedies for aches and pains and the best selling pills offer instant relief! We want to be able to solve our problems and difficulties immediately, as if waving some magic wand or pronouncing a magical formula.
“Abracadabra”! and our problems are sorted!
Unfortunately life doesn’t work quite like that. The marriage that is on the rocks will take weeks or months to put together again. The one whose life has been shattered by tragedy or sickness is not likely to recover overnight.
However, God has that if we call upon Him in the day of trouble, He will answer. Those who have invited Jesus Christ into their lives have found that He brings a peace that can only be understood by those who have experienced it. A joy that permeates every part of life; no matter what the circumstances, and a healing that takes place so much more quickly.
There is one ‘instant’ thing that Jesus Christ offers – forgiveness. Forgiveness is so important that Jesus spoke about it a lot. You need forgiveness. All those things you have done wrong! The things you wake up in the night and worry about in case someone finds out. Well, someone does know about them – God! And He has promised to forgive you and wipe the slate clean if you will ask Him to. Jesus died on the cross to pay the price for your sin and promised that He would never turn anyone away who came to him for forgiveness.
Come to Him now for instant acceptance and watch Him begin to straighten out all those other areas in your life as well!
