Do you want a safe zone in your life? A place where hurt and harm can never come? A place of joy and happiness? A place where all heartbreak and tears are absent? A place of complete security and safety? A place full of people, and not one of them will ever accuse you, find fault with you or try to use you, but everyone will treat you with the purest love and greatest respect?
Does such a place exist? Such a place definitely exists! Heaven is the one and only “Safe Zone,” and according to the Bible, we all have the opportunity to get there through the Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)).
Christ is the way, because it is only through faith in Him that our sins can be forgiven. “Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins” (Acts 13:3838Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: (Acts 13:38)). By His life, He also showed us the most excellent way to live. His life was perfect in every virtue, and He always pleased God. Twice during His earthly ministry, a voice came down from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:1717And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3:17)). God wants us to turn away from sin and to strive to please Him in all we do, act, think and say. From the moment we are saved to the moment we enter the safe zone of heaven, God wants us to act more and more like His beloved Son. “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able” (Luke 13:2424Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)).
The Lord Jesus is the truth, because He fully revealed God the Father. He told one of His followers, “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father” (John 14:99Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? (John 14:9)). The truth He proclaimed had no mixture of falsehood in it. Therefore everything He taught can be trusted. Coming to know Jesus Christ, who is the truth, is like coming out of darkness into a light where we can see things clearly, as they really are. One thing the Lord Jesus taught was that those who love and trust Him will be with Him in heaven. “In 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” (John 14:22In 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. (John 14:2)). The place He went to prepare for those who love Him will exceed every expectation.
Jesus Christ is the life also. He is the life because He arose victorious over the grave, and He promises that all those who believe in Him will share in His resurrection life. Moreover, He is God and co-eternal with the Father. He is uncreated life and calls men to share in this life by faith and love. Down here we are called to live by faith, but in heaven faith will give way to wonderful sight. With our eyes, we will see Him who is the life, and the sight will fill our hearts with wonderful joy that will never grow old.
God wants you to come to repentance and faith in Christ so that you might have a home in heaven. This heaven will be the best of all places, a veritable safe zone. Don’t miss out on it, because if you miss out on heaven, you’ll not be allowed to miss out on hell. By choosing to reject the Lord Jesus Christ, people choose hell for themselves.
Jesus Christ is “the way, the truth, and the life.” Won’t you come to know Him so that one day you can enter the safe zone of heaven?