Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
We are fortunate to have a radio station in our area that plays old time music. It is hard for me to say “old time” since it seems so many of these songs are fresh in my mind even though they are from the “dark ages.”
The other day I heard a song that I had not thought about for years — a song that many recording artists had sung back in the day — “Ghost Riders In the Sky.” As I listened, I was struck by one line that had never impacted me before.
Here is the line: “As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name, ‘if you wanna save your soul from hell a-ridin on our range, then, Cowboy, change your ways today or with us you will ride, tryin to catch the devil’s herd across these endless skies.’”
We have been deceived into believing that we merit entrance into God’s heaven by the good life we live here on earth. There is absolutely no way this cowboy or any other can change our ways and get into heaven. Today’s Scripture gives us the one and only way. Be sure to let others know the secret to salvation!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil