There's a beautiful island called
Lanziland, a breathtaking island with beautiful scenery and beautiful people.
The people of Lanziland are usually described as happy people. The island is
located near the Indian Ocean and is off the coast of East Africa. The island
was governed by King Kambua who was highly regarded and respected by his people.
It was announced on various TV stations
that the King's only son recently proposed to his girlfriend. This became the main
news on various media channels and Lanziland people could not wait for the wedding
day to be announced as they had a feeling that the King may grant public
holidays for the whole island.
The royal family began the wedding
preparation and the wedding was expected to last for three days as part of the
culture of Lanzians. When the wedding dates were announced on television and
various media platforms, the people celebrated as though it was the member of their families getting married. As predicted
by the people, the King declared three days of public holidays to celebrate the wedding ceremony.
The King invited the nobles of the
island and respected celebrities for this wedding. Several
guesses were made by news reporters about the guests lists; news reporters said
it was a great honour for anyone to be invited for the royal wedding. Many journalists strove to ensure their organisation got selected to be part of the official ceremony media in order to get first hand scoops of the
wedding. Who wouldn't want to be at such a wedding?
On the first day of the wedding, something
took the King by surprise. Despite it being a honour to have been invited to
the royal wedding, the expected guests did not turn up for the first day of the
wedding. The King was concerned about this and sent his officials to contact
the guests to establish why they were not at the wedding. The officials
reported to the king that the expected guests were verbally abusive towards
them when they made contact with them. The King extended his gracious arm to
them and asked his officials to contact his guests again to find out exactly
what had happened and to remind them that they are welcome to attend the second
and third day of the wedding. How nice
of the king to have sent out the invitation again. Despite this, the people
ignored the officials.
Since the guests that were invited refused
to come for the wedding, the King sent out his officials to the streets to
invite all the people that they could find, whether they were known to be good
or bad and whether they were famous or not. Surprisingly, the random people
turned up for the wedding and they were received well by the royals. Members of
the royal palace including the King welcomed them and they explained the order
of the day to them, they even clothed the ones that were not suitable dressed
for the occasion. The celebration continued and the media described the wedding
as phenomenal.
This story can be likened to God's
invitation to you. On a daily basis, many are being invited to be part of God's
Kingdom (heaven) but only a very few are responding to this special invitation.
If Jesus Christ asks you, why should I let you into My heaven and give you
eternal life despite your refusal of my invitation. What would you say to
Jesus?
God wants you to think of your life after
this earth as only those that have accepted Jesus Christ as their saviour and
those that follow His teachings will be with Him in Heaven and live
forevermore.
The Bible says:
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus
is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will
be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth
one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes
in him will not be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew
and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who
call on him. For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved." (Romans 10:9-13 ESV)
Are you going to be part of God's Kingdom
or reject His kingdom? To reject the
invitation of God is to reject God’s only provision for eternal life and it is
to choose death and hell.
Are you taking a conscious effort to invite
those around you to be part of God's kingdom? Are you praying for those around
you to be part of God's Kingdom?
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Have a great week ahead. See you next week
Monday for another post.
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