Your Forever Nest

Little One, can we think some more about Arnold’s nest?

We’ve already talked some about how big it is. And because it’s so big, there’s plenty of room for the baby eagle. The mama and daddy eagle keep their one baby eagle well-supplied with all that it needs.

Dear woman friend reading this, all of God’s lambs have a great big home waiting for them some day. Yes, God’s church should be a home for us now but we know that not all of God’s lambs are good with the other lambs. And, frankly, some of the lambs are actually wolves pretending to be lambs or who truly believe they are lambs but really aren’t.

But in the great big home waiting for God’s lambs, there won’t be any mistaken identity. No wolves will be there. No lambs who really aren’t lambs.

What is this home like? God’s Book, the Bible gives us some descriptions but a lot is left for us to wait and see. We couldn’t fathom what it will be like even if God gave us a photograph of it.

Below, I’ve included another Youtube link as I promised. This link is recording of a young girl singing a song I sang when I was a child. Listen to it and then come back and finish reading this post.

Did you watch the video? Do you wish you could “go there”? DO you wish you could be one of the Shepherd’s, the Lord Jesus, lambs? Do you know how to become one?

This is a picture of the “skin” on my laptop. When the laptop is open, anyone sitting in front of me can read it. The Good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus, isn’t asking you to become religious or change religions. Religions are based on something you have to do. The Lord Jesus is asking you to accept what He has already done for you. What has He done?

Let’s get a little background.

God is holy. He is totally perfect in every way. No flaw of any kind. And that is His standard. Our first parents, Adam and Eve, blew it. They had the choice and they chose to rebel against God. And the whole human race has been a race of rebels ever since. God says the wages or payment or penalty for our rebellion is death. Not just physical death. Spiritual death as well. That means spending eternity separated from God in a place called Hell. Yes, Hell is a real place. It’s not just a form of profanity.

God must carry out the sentence of death on all who sin (and that’s all of us) but He also loves us. He loves us so much that He provided His Son, Jesus, as a Substitute for us. He died so that we don’t have to die spiritually. Then, on the third day after His death, He rose again, breaking the power of sin and proving that God was satisfied with the payment made.

That’s what the Lord Jesus has done for you. He offers this to you as a gift. But like any gift, you have to accept it for it to become yours. How? That was something I didn’t understand for a long time. We’re not talking about something you can reach out and take with your hands. How do you accept this gift?

Let’s make it as simple as A-B-C because it really is that simple!

A—Admit your need. Admit you’re a sinner. God already knows but He wants you to acknowledge it.

B – Believe. Believe what? Believe what God has said about His Son: that He died as your Substitute and that he will forgive you and make His lamb (child) if you believe. Hint: this is not an academic belief. A2 +B2 may or may not equal C2 but I consider math to be sneaky and don’t trust it. This kind of belief isn’t like that bit of academic information. This is more like believing a bed will hold you so you lie down on it and curl up to take a nap.
C – Confess what you have chosen to believe (that Christ died as your Substitute and rose again) and call on Him to save you from the death sentence that is rightfully yours.

The very moment you do this with all of your heart, God promises He will do His part: save you from the death sentence imposed because of your sin and make you His child (or in the words of this blog, His lamb).

I beg you to do this right now. Please don’t wait to become part of His flock. There’s plenty of room for you like there’s plenty of room in Arnold’s nest for his baby eagle.

If you just did this or if you have done this at some time in the past, go listen to that song again as it describes your forever “nest”.