One day while driving in the town of Wichita Falls, Texas, I was stopped at a red light. There in front of me was a little, battered-up Volkswagon. On its bumper was a sticker that said, “When I grow up I want to be a Cadillac.” I thought to myself, “Little Volkswagon, you and I both want something. Mine will happen, and yours will not.”
I want to “go up,” not “grow up"! The Lord Jesus died for me that I might be saved. He died for sinners, but only those who admit that they have sinned and believe on the Lord Jesus are saved. It is because I have believed the good news of salvation through the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross that I am saved. Being saved, I know for sure that I will “go up.”
A poor, battered-up, little subcompact car cannot change what it is, because it does not have life. It can never grow up or be anything else but a Volkswagon. But for those who are saved, the Lord Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:2,32In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:2‑3).
Because He died on the cross, rose from the dead and went to heaven, all to prepare a place for me, what I want will soon happen — I will go up to be with Him. Have you believed on Him? Boys and girls are growing up while the Lord Jesus waits for more to be saved. Receive Him into your heart so that you may go up when He comes to call His own out of the world to be with Him in heaven.
ML-05/08/1988