"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." (Jesus)
We are about to see the close of another year in humanity's calendar. "The Eternal One" has no such calendar. Jesus' "calendar" is Eternity.
You and I "stepped" into this dimension when we surrendered our lives to Jesus Christ. There is a very real sense that in that moment we left the constraint of this time/space world. We traded lounge chairs, office chairs, for, "seated...in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Earth-bound is no longer our M. O. Heaven-bound is.
What a battle it is in this present age to keep this reality in mind. Everything around us attempts to deny our, "seated...in...Christ Jesus," the aging process, the chaos in the world, the daily "surprises" of life. Yet in spite of the "battle," there is the cry from the Cross, "It is finished", a cry which is the seal of, "I Myself will raise him up on the last day", that glorious, "Day," when it will be fulfilled, "The last enemy that shall be destroy is death."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You so much for Your Words which keep me. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
