As we were traveling in Nova Scotia, Canada, one day on our summer vacation, we saw an interesting sign beside the road. An invitation was written in big letters to all Scotchmen to come to the “Gathering of the Clans.”
Each summer everyone in that area who was of Scottish ancestry came together for a grand celebration. The one thing necessary was to have a Scottish family name. If your name was MacGregor, or MacIntosh, or MacTavish or some other Scottish family name, you were invited to attend. If you were not Scottish you were not invited. Even if you were invited you would not fit in, and you would feel out of place.
Very soon now there is going to be a gathering in heaven. God is going to call all of His family to be with Him forever. If you do not belong to God’s family, you will be left out when the call comes. If it were possible for you to be included, you would be most uncomfortable in heaven in God’s holy, pure presence. You would see just how dirty with sin your heart is, and so you would not enjoy it at all.
The way to become one of God’s children is through faith in Christ. You must believe that you cannot get into God’s family by anything that you can do. As a sinner you must be cleansed of your sins before you can be a part of His family. The Lord Jesus suffered and died on the cross for sinners. Those who believe that Christ died for their sins become one of His children and are a part of God’s family.
When God calls His own children home will you be there? Are you part of God’s family?
ML-04/17/1983