“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:31-32 NKJV)

As long as there’s breath to seek God there’s opportunity to be forgiven. Therefore, we should never give anyone the impression that God’s love can be exhausted.

For, the depth of God’s grace is not to be measured by our thoughts and feelings; rather, it is determined by God alone.

Who are we to choose for God anyway? What right do we have to condemn? Our role in life is not to condemn anyone. Not even ourselves! Instead, we are to receive God’s love and share it with whomever it is that we come into contact.

Of course, that’s not to suggest that we ought to tolerate the presence of evil. To the contrary, we must abhor that which stands against Jesus Christ and cast it out from our midst. For this is what we are commanded to do in the Bible. Nevertheless, we must be careful not to cast any away for whom Jesus died, because just as we who have embraced Him are precious to God, so also is every other human being—even your enemies.

for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matthew 5:45 NKJV)

You see, we don’t know what will become of each person on The Great Day of our LORD. Only God knows. Therefore, we should look to each one as though they were a mission field of opportunity to share Jesus Christ. Indeed, many will be surprised to see people in heaven whom they were certain were headed for hell, and many more who are certain that they are going to heaven will be shocked to discover that they’re headed for the lake of fire. Take caution therefore, to guard your thoughts and actions well. For the devil is a great deceiver, and he can overpower anyone who lets their guard down for but a moment, and put them on a path that leads to destruction.

With that said, live as though there is only one last breath to do what’s right before God, because no one knows the day or hour when Jesus will return except God; nor does anyone really know when they will breathe their last breath. Do you have hatred in your heart for someone? If so, then try to mend that relationship. Do you know someone who has hatred in their heart for you? If so, then try to mend that relationship.

It is not for us to know the day or hour when Jesus will return; nor is it for us to determine the fate of any soul. However, it is for us to know how we ought to live, because God is not silent on this matter. Some people act as though they have all eternity to make right what they’ve done wrong to others. They seem to think that they can get to it later, while not realizing that that time may never come. Act now and do what is right. Don’t put it off any longer.

Perhaps you’ve lost the opportunity to make things right with someone that you have caused pain. Maybe you are filled with guilt as a result of this. If this is the case, then I have good news to tell you: because Jesus died for you, the opportunity to do what’s right before God is still ripe. For as long as we have breath to seek God, we can use it to confess our sins to Him, knowing that we will be forgiven as Jesus Christ sealed this promise through His death and resurrection!

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9 NKJV)

So don’t put off what you know you ought to do any longer. Act now and show the world what it means to live and move in God’s grace! Show the world what it means to forgive and be forgiven. Show the world what it means to love like Jesus Christ!

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