July 07, 2007
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The Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica draws thousands of tourists every year to gaze at its constant spewing of smoke and lava. On a clear day, with binoculars, a person can see big chunks of black boulders rolling and bouncing down the sides of the mountain. You can tell that they are hot, because they leave puffs of smoke in their wake and, as the boulders get smaller, the smoke is less. At night the trails glow red, and you can follow the path of hot lava as it flows downward.
Several communities and towns lie along the base of the volcano, and the residents enjoy the spectacular view of the volcano as do the visitors who come to see it. When asked if the people are worried about a major eruption, those who live so close to the simmering volcano seem unworried. The volcano has done the same thing for years and years, and people are so accustomed to it that they hardly give a thought to what could happen to themselves and their home if Mt. Arenal were to explode.
Many people today realize that they should be thinking about their eternal future, but time passes, seasons come and go, and it is so easy to be lulled into thinking all things are going on as they always have.
II Peter 3:4 says that people ask, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” But God says that the Lord Jesus is coming soon to take all the believers to heaven.
If He should come today, are you ready? Have you asked the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart, cleanse you from sin, and make you one of His own sons or daughters? “Now is the accepted time…Now is the day of salvation.”
Don’t put it off. Accept Jesus as your Savior today. Then you’ll be ready when He comes to take His own to be with Him in heaven. “Then we which are alive…shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1Thessalonians 4:17.

Russ Nesbit