Believe

North Captiva Marina

"...if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:9-10)

When I booked "Reel Laxing," I believed with all my heart that this gorgeous beach house with a private pool sat amongst the swaying palms on the north end of Captiva Island and was accessible by car. I was totally, absolutely, 100% wrong. The consequences of my wrong beliefs were temporal.

Myriads of people around my city, my country, and the world believe with all their hearts in a god accessible without Jesus. Tragically, they are totally, absolutely, 100% wrong. The consequences of these wrong beliefs are eternal. 

Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6)

Oh, Lord, open their ears that they may hear Your voice. Open their eyes to know truth. Open their hearts to believe that You so loved the world - you so loved them - that You gave Your only begotten Son, Jesus, that whosoever - red, brown, yellow, black, white, male, female, rich, or poor - believes in Jesus shall not perish, but have eternal, everlasting LIFE.

Jesus did not come to make bad people good; He came, lived, and died to make dead people alive!