Be Better Protected From Mayhem With Jesus

   Who doesn't love the Allstate insurance commercials featuring the battered and mischievous "Mayhem" character?  In each commercial he presents himself as some force in your life that could cause trouble and expense: a raccoon living in your attic, a satellite dish falling off of your roof onto your car, your dog not protecting your home from a team of burglars, your vehicle's blindspot.  The punchline of the ad is always something like "If you have cut-rate insurance you could be paying for this mess yourself.  So get Allstate and be better protected from mayhem like me."  And maybe the classic, "Allstate.  Are you in good hands?"
                  These commercials are hilarious and SO fun!   But mayhem does really happen and it doesn't always come in a small dose like a caved in garage roof or a fender-bender.  Sometimes really bad stuff happens.  Sad, scary stuff that an insurance claim can't fix.  Stuff like sickness, crime and death.  Money from an insurance company can pay the bills but it can't help us on a personal level.  It can't heal our hearts or bring us peace and it can't promise a perfect future.  But God can!  That's exactly why He sent Jesus- to cure our sin problem and get us into Heaven!  If we trust Him to do it, that is.  And if you do trust Him to be your Savior from your doomed self, you have Him forever!  Jesus will never leave you, no matter what!  He can give you peace and comfort no matter what kind of mayhem happens in your life.

 Romans 8:35-39  "Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?  (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)  No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.  No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

If you accept His death on the cross in your place, as your substitute, for the forgiveness of all the wrong you've ever done, you're forgiven forever that instant and you will belong to Jesus from that second on.  Jesus promises He will never leave you alone on this earth and you'll someday live in Heaven.  Jesus beat death and so can you!  And He can give you "overwhelming victory" in the midst of all of this life's problems. 

        When it comes to being protected from mayhem, are you in good hands?