Tuesday 9 July 2013

YOUR HEAVENLY ACCOUNT



READ: 1 PETER 1:1-8
“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you.” (1 Peter 1:4). Christians are the most blessed and highly favoured of all religious people on earth. For us, eternity in Heaven is no fairy tale or image. It is reality that is bigger than life itself. Praise God! The day you receive Jesus as your Lord and personal Saviour, you are born into this lively hope. Your name is written in the lamb’s book of life (Revelation 20:12). Immediately your name enters this glorious book, an account is opened for you in the Bank of Heaven. Just as every earthly country has its central bank which controls the activities of other banks; this Heavenly bank is the most sophisticated, most equipped and flawlessly run bank in the universe.
The Bank of Heaven is the safest of all banks. In spite of developments in security systems and equipment, several banks still lose a lot of money and valuables yearly to robbers globally. This is because as the bank increases sophistication in security system, the bank robbers simultaneously increase their sophistication in beating the systems. Any system designed by man is not fool-proof. The Bank of Heaven has never recorded a single account of burglary or theft and never will. The simple reason is that those who would want to do so cannot enter the Heavenly planet. Hence Jesus Christ, the president of the bank advises us to store our monies and valuables there (Matthew 6:19-21).
Even when your earthly valuables are not stolen by thieves, Satan can still destroy them through a loss in an investment, fire, flood, earthquakes and other ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ disasters (John 10:10). They can become rusted or even eaten up by moth. No valuable is truly safe on earth. Doing business with the Bank of Heaven brings the greatest yield ever thought possible. Unfortunately, most earthly men and women have no account there. Even most of the world’s leading investors, bankers and captains of industry do not have an account where it matters the most. The poor man who has the worth of 100 Heavenly dollars in the Bank of Heaven is richer than the Bank president who has one billion U.S dollars on earth. An investor is not a wise investor until he has investments in this Bank. Is your name written in the most important Register in the universe (The Book of life)? Do you have an account in Heaven? Start off today by genuinely giving your life to Jesus.
MEMORIZE: 1 PETER 1:1-8 –To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you.