Going where?

Who is going to heaven?  The person who attends weekly Mass and says their daily prayers or the person who will not allow Jesus Christ into their lives?  Please don’t think you have the right answer, because you probably don’t!

Many may assume that the person attending weekly Mass and saying their daily prayers will surely get to heaven, but is that true?  Sorry to say, it might not be.  We must be striving each and every day to live just as Jesus lived.  Helping others, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, teaching one another, etc, etc.  Jesus’ mission was love and love equals action.  If you aren’t moved to action, then you don’t love enough!  Serving Jesus is more than going to Mass once a week and saying your daily prayers.

For decades Jesus has been pushed out of our schools, out of our government, out of our daily lives.  It’s no wonder there are generations who don’t know Him and don’t love Him.  How could they when they may never have been introduced to Him! 

How do others come to know Jesus through you?  Do you talk about Him?  Tell others how wonderful He is and how He’s worked in your life?  Do you serve others for love of Him?  Are you being Christ to others so they can come to know Him?

I knew a woman years ago who was always on the go.  She worked 2 jobs and volunteered at the local hospital.  She was, somehow, always available to friends if they needed help with something like moving, a shoulder to cry on or advice.  She helped everyone who crossed her path. 

She had no idea who Jesus was because no one had really talked to her about Him.  When He came knocking at the door of her heart she didn’t answer.  He called to her time and again, but she didn’t know who He was and so she ignored Him.  But others came to know Christ through her and her works.  She didn’t go to church, she didn’t say daily prayers, but she served others and they felt love.

Eventually, this woman came to know Jesus too and develop a personal relationship with Him.  She still serves Him in many beautiful ways, just like she did years ago and now, she even goes to Mass on Sundays and says her daily prayers.

Matthew 21:-28-32 says, “A man had two sons.  He came to the first and said, “Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.”  He said in reply, “I will not,” but afterwards changed his mind and went.  The man came to the other son and gave the same order.  He said in reply, “Yes sir” but did not go.  Which of the two did his father’s will?”  The disciples answered that the first son had done his father’s will and they were right!