Know Reservations

It’s been fun reacquainting ourselves with Hanoi.  Many of the old places we used to frequent are still there, plus new ones to explore.  All of these are opportunities to meet people and form new relationships.

With that in mind, we decided to walk to a little restaurant we knew of down an alley, not far from our apartment.  Approaching the front door, a man came out and asked “Do you have reservations?”   Hmmm…not a fancy place.  We looked around.   It was completely empty except for the servers who were standing there ready to serve.  We replied, “Uh…no we don’t.  Is that ok?”   He said, “Well, ok.  Would you like to sit outside?”  Well, not really, I thought.  It’s too hot and humid.  I asked, “May we sit inside?”  He said, “okay” and opened the door for us.  So…what was that all about?

We kept laughing at the awkward situation. I think he was probably told by his employer to ask everyone, but clearly it didn’t matter if we had reservations or not.  There was plenty of room for us.  As we sat and enjoyed our food, more and more customers began to come in.  He continued to ask each and everyone if they had reservations.  No one did.

When we first approached the door and he asked us if we had reservations, for a moment, I wasn’t sure he was going to let us in.  Having walked all the way over there, were we now going to be turned away?

As followers of Christ, we can be confident that at the end of this life, we will not be turned away.  We will be welcomed into Heaven.  The moment we give our life to Jesus and put our trust in Him, our reservations were made.  

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 NKJV

“Whoever… party of 1?  Please come in” :)