As I drove home for lunch on Monday, I passed the spot where a carnival had been for the past ten days. Day after day the lights, sounds and smells had beckoned to the passerby. Come, enjoy! See what the carnival holds for you. What joys can it bring?
But now it was gone. All that was left was the trash that littered the ground. The green field is barren. Where rides and games had once dotted the lot, now only garbage was left.
I pondered how that empty field is a reflection of what the earth will be like after the rapture. In an instance, many of us will be gone. Gloriously caught up together to met the Lord in the air! The only evidence that we were here will be the stuff, the trash, we leave behind.
It struck me that if you had been out of town, you might wonder why the lot was so dirty. What had caused this mess? Like the empty lot, what will the stuff we leave behind say to the ones that are still here? Most of them will wonder what happened. Some will search through our stuff to find the answers.
What would that search revel to the ones left in the dark? What would the stuff I leave behind say? If they search my home they’ll find my well worn study Bible, study guides and notes I have written about Christ. The many Bible studies I have done line my shelf. Each holds the answers to their questions.
If they never enter my home, they could still find the answers they seek. The internet can be a wonderful thing. A quick search would provide them with site after site about Christ and the rapture. One of those links may even lead them to this very post. Amazing.
Driving on toward home, I was surprised to see the carnival had left behind their signs. They were just plain white signs that said Carnival in red with a large arrow pointing the way. Our stuff will be like these signs. It will point to the reason for our disappearance.
But this is a future event. Right now, we are the signs that point to Jesus. Standing with red arrows, we point the lost towards salvation. Like the carnival, Christ fills us with the joy we seek. Those of us who have accepted Christ have been to the carnival. We know the joy and peace it brings.
So where’s your sign? What stuff will point others to Christ after you are gone?
