YEE HAW OR HEE HAW: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHOICE

Remember when you got picked last. You remember. I'm sure you do. It was a big neighborhood game. Or a school PE class. There were two captains. Lots of kids to choose from. You didn't care which team you were on. "Please, someone pick me," was your silent prayer.

Oh, and you got picked. Numero last. "Ok, we'll take him." I'm not sure which was the bigger insult, standing there solo with all the others facing you, or having to make that walk to the team that got stuck with you. Both were devastating.

It's not that way for our eternal life. Oh, no. We're definitely wanted. There is no last pick. Oh, sure there are some more valuable than others to one captain. He loves to select a well-known, a saint, a clergyman, a deacon, an elder, a person of status, but the devil will take anyone. And gladly.

The other Captain makes His selections out of love. He wants no one to perish into the depths of the fiery lake for eternity.(Rev 20:10) There's no prejudice in His family. (Gen 5:3-5) Plus, He will wait. Patiently. For evil to be eliminated. (Heb 2:3)

But when the battle for your soul is won, you will have to line up. Unlike the captains picking, you get to. But don't delay, for if you don't make your selection, well, then you have. You'll be on the Hee Haw Team rather than the Yee Haws.