"For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens....Now He Who has prepared us for this very thing is God, Who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee." (2 Corinthians 5:1 & 5)
"....We have a building...eternal in the heavens...," and verse 3 states, "....that mortality may be swallowed up by life." This is really the only "destiny" about which we should be concerned. This should "settle things."
So much of our "spiritual" talk centers on "mortality" life, your "destiny in God," "how to find your purpose in life," "discovering your spiritual gifts." Fine. But how much emphasis (not a question) should you and I place in the glorious reality that, "....We have a building...eternal in the heavens." Luther wrote, "Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also."
When someone says to you, "The best is yet to come," I can only pray that both you and they mean, "....eternal in the heavens."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You for my "eternal building." 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
