Did The Zimmerman Trial Distract You?

The George Zimmerman trial began on June 24 and ended on July 13. During the course of that trial three teenagers and one five year old boy were gunned down in Chicago. There were no special news interviews with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. In fact, hardly anyone noticed these tragedies at all! Keep in mind that Chicago is the most gun restrictive city in the United States! What is my point in bringing this up? My point is that the American public is easily distracted. While the Zimmerman trial unfolded not only were children murdered in Chicago but the U.S. economy inched closer to the abyss and the U.S. military crept closer to full tilt war in Syria and Iran. You might think I'm being overly dramatic but consider these facts.

The government released statistics last week that revealed that only 47% of American adults have a full time job. They can doctor their unemployment numbers until the cows come home but you can't make that statistic look anything other that what it is...a disaster. The government also released data that said over 100 million Americans are on some form of food assistance. Did you let that sink in? That is nearly one third of the country! Recovery? Hardly! The U.S. policy in the Middle East continues to back Muslim Brotherhood rebels in Syria and this is not going unnoticed by the Russians. I don't want to drag this post into a political discussion. I just want to illustrate that we have a propensity to take our eye off the ball and fail to notice things that pose an imminent danger to us all.

The same can be said for men, women, boys and girls when it comes to our spiritual lives. We get all caught up in the baseball races, the NFL camps and upcoming college football season and pay no attention to where we stand with our Creator and Heavenly Father. Perhaps sports are not a distraction for you but if you were honest you have other interests that take your mind off of eternal things. We are entrapped in this temporal earthly dimension and fail to realize that we are eternal beings who will spend our future in either Heaven or Hell and the decision we make concerning the one true God, Jesus Christ, will have to be made now in this life.
So where do you stand with Jesus? Have you come to the point in your spiritual life where you can say for certain that if you were to die today you would go to Heaven? Supposed you were to die today and you were to stand before God and He were to ask you "Why should I let you into my Heaven?" what would you tell Him? You see the only answer that works is "I have trusted Jesus as my Savior". Sadly, most people will not be able to answer that question adequately on the great day of judgement! I encourage you to watch the short video in the right sidebar and read some articles on this site. Come to Jesus, do it soon!