Launching a rocket toward space is a daunting prospect. It takes a custom-built pad designed to withstand 7.5 million pounds of thrust.
That’ll rattle the chandeliers in our churches and cathedrals.
Without a proper footing, our underlayment will crack, the rocket’s supports will shift, and it won’t go where we want it to go.
It might even tumble to the ground before it can launch, causing a fiery explosion and killing everyone on board.
How can we build the best launching pad possible to vault us towards heaven?
It takes getting down on our knees.
Matthew 19:24 says:
“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
According to some teachers, the eye of the needle is not a sewing instrument like we know today. Rather, it is a small gate beside the larger gate in a city’s wall. To unload a camel, force him to his knees, and have him scramble through was very difficult. Yet, when the larger gate was closed, it was the only way for a traveler or a merchant to enter the city.
Others assert that the needle Jesus spoke of is really a needle used for sewing, telling us that no one can get to heaven without the help of Christ.
Either way, we learn we must cast off our preoccupations and fall to our knees, for it is from there that we can rattle the windows as we leap toward heaven.
Our launching pad is strengthened with the Word of God, and our faith and prayers are our steady energy source.
John 6:47 stresses:
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.”
Mark 16:16 tells us:
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
Matthew 6:33 is our bulwark of belief:
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Reaching heaven is all about a proper beginning. We must build up our foundations so that our launch can be successful.
We get to Jesus by standing on the Word of God.
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