Pin-Hole or Pipe-line?

“To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.” (I Peter 3:8-9)

Hey Gang:  A guided tour of heaven was one of the high points of the indoctrination of newcomers to heaven.  In the course of the tour, the tour guide described all of the wonderful points of interest of heaven, but tended to ignore one complex of buildings. 

One of the newcomers asked what was in the group of omitted buildings.  The tour guide said  “Oh, you don’t want to see what is inside those buildings”, and went on with the tour.  At the completion of the tour, he asked if there were any questions.  The newcomer once again asked what was in the buildings and why did we not want to see them.    

  

The tour guide finally agreed to show them and led them into the buildings.  When they walked in they discovered there were long lines of shelving from roof to ground and on each of the selves were brown paper bags with a ribbon tied around the neck of each. 

When asked what was in the bag, the tour guide said, “There is a bag here for every person who ever lived on earth; contained within the bags are all the blessings God wanted to give to that person but were refused or neglected.!

 Wow, what a neat little story..  I don't know if there is such a building in heaven.  I doubt it because I do not believe God wants to remind us of the errors of our ways while in training on earth.  But this I 'don't know', how many blessings I missed because I was not plugged into God's power supply. 

I have learned in my eighty years on this earth that the blessings of God do not necessarily come to those who are asleep at the wheel.  I get the idea that an abundant number of folks who think  Christians are to be nice, quiet, and almost wimpy people.  Not so!  As one man wrote, “Prayer is not a lovely sedan for a sightseeing trip around the city.  Prayer is a truck that goes straight to the warehouse, backs up, loads and come home with the goods.” Another wrote, “Prayer is work.”

Soooo, my young friends, are you a push cart kind of prayer warrior or are you a Mack Truck that backs up to the warehouse and comes home with the goods?    Harold Hill, a converted alcoholic business man - now evangelist, once said, "We make choices every day as to whether we are satisfied to be a pin-hole Christians or pipe-line Christian.  Which are you this morning? 

Jesus said "All power (authority) in heaven and earth rest in Me" (Matt. 28:18) and He has extended it to us.  Notice the next word " GO!"

Blessings,

Gramps