Get off the tracks! A train is coming!

Philippians 2:9-11

⁹ Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

When I first saw the picture for today’s blog I thought of the classic photo of the two little boys in their bibbed overalls with the caption “Been Farming Long.” After reading Philippians 2:9-11 then seeing this picture I could just see a caption above the boy in the red saying I don’t believe in trains and then the boy in the blue saying Naw, I don’t either. However the problem becomes that sooner or later the train is coming and you can sit on the tracks and say you don’t believe in trains and in the end, when the train comes it doesn’t matter what you believe the train is still coming and if you don’t get off the tracks there will be consequences.

Of course the same goes for Jesus. Jesus is the one thing that divides true Christianity from all other religions. It is how you view him that separates you from everyone else. Some people don’t believe that he ever existed, some that he was just a good teacher or a good man, still others believe that he was not God. There are more that I can’t think of right now. Sadly there are even professing Christians that have not made him Lord.

But has Philippians tells us every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. Why? Because he is just like the train tracks you can deny all you want but sooner or later Jesus will come rumbling down the tracks. The questions becomes are you going to get on board the train or just sit there on the tracks. If you choose to stay on the tracks I hope you are ready for what is to come.

Here are some lyrics to a song called Gospel train that fit in nicely,

Well that gospel train is a' comin'
Comin' right down the track
That gospel train is a' comin'
Comin' right down the track
And when that train leaves the station
I can tell you right now it's never comin' back

You may think your train ain't a' comin'
'Till at least a quarter past nine,
You may think your train ain't a' comin'
'Till at least a quarter past nine,
But by the time you reach the platform
You'll find out you've been left behind

 The problem (if you want to call it that) with the Gospel train is that the schedule is not posted so you never know when to get ready to leave. So if you want to catch the train instead of having to get ready you had better stay ready to leave because it will not wait.

The job of Christians is to do our best at letting people know that the proverbial train is coming and if they don't get off the tracks it will be messy and if they choose to come on board the spectacular destination of the Gospel train.