A story is told about Albert Einstein riding on a train. The conductor was collecting tickets, and Einstein couldn’t find his. The conductor told him, “Don’t worry about it. I’ll be back in a few minutes. You can give me your ticket then.

A few minutes later, the brilliant scientist had turned all of his pockets inside out, but still had not found his missing ticket. The conductor said to him, “Don’t worry about it, Mr. Einstein. I know who you are, and I’m sure you bought a ticket. Just forget about it.”

Still later, the conductor made his way through the train and found Albert Einstein frantically searching for the still missing ticket. He had his brief case open and papers strewn everywhere. He was even on his hands and knees looking under the seat. The conductor reminded him, “Mr. Einstein, please don’t worry about the missing ticket. I know who you are.” Einstein replied, “I know who I am too! But I don’t know where I’m going!”

There are a lot of people in life who don’t know where they are going.  They think they have life figured out. They even have given some thought to eternity, and they think they will end up in heaven. But they’re wrong. They have left Jesus out of the equation. They are headed for hell, and they don’t know where they are going.

Jesus says that he is the only way to God (John 14:6). Let’s spend the rest of our lives trying to get people on the right train.