Officers Death
The recent death of an Officer (Eric Zapata) puts things in perspective for a lot of us. He was 35 years old when was killed in the line of duty last week in Kalamazoo. The Bible says “teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.”Psalm 90:12 As I am reading through the book of Chronicles I noticed that at the end of the kings reigns there were two different responses. Josiah was a king that did right by God and in turn did a lot of good things. At the end of Josiahs reign there was great of lamentation of the people. That was not the case with some of the other kings that did not seek the Lord. They were simply buried and maybe not even in the sepulchers of the kings. The much lamantation we see of this officer teaches us about our own end, will we be someone who is lamented for when we pass off into eternity, or simply buried like these wicked kings mentioned in Chronicles. This officers death shows us that great love that Jesus himself told us about “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”John 15:13.
Jesus came to bind up the broken hearted. Jesus died an excruciating death on the cross for our sins. Then he rose from the dead three days later triumphant over death and returned to heaven. We can know we will go to heaven also simply by recognizing we need Jesus because we are a sinner and asking him to save us. The Bible says “All have sinned.” Romans 3:23 and “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”Romans 10:13. Jesus can heal any heart we just need to open our hearts to him and pray.
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”psalm 147:3
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