Life is full of trials and opposition. We come out of one
trial and slide right into another one, which is just waiting to engulf us in
discouragement, loss and often physical, mental, emotional or financial ruin.
Jesus may send us into a trial, but He is right there with us -
sleeping in the same boat or walking out to us on the choppy waves. He draws us
close to Himself and calms the raging seas.
He sends us into the storm to prove our faith as genuine and to
give us opportunities to praise, glorify and honor Him through it all. He
refines our faith as gold in the smelter's pot (1 Peter 1:7).
As we look at life from God's perspective, rather than our lowly
human viewpoint, He showers us with continual revelations of His love, care and
provision.
His eternal plan will bring every Born Again person, as well as
nature back to Himself; and restore our union with Him such as Adam enjoyed in
Paradise.
We abide in Him through Christ in us and find our true
identity in this personal relationship with the Trinity (Galatians 2:20;
Colossians 3:3-4). We have an eternal perspective and walk in God's will for
our life.
We are spiritually alive through Christ in us, and we abide in
Christ. Nothing can every pluck us out of His hand (John 10:28). He is eternal
in the heavenly realm, and we dwell there with Him even now.
We possess eternal life by knowing God intimately and Jesus
Christ whom He sent (John 17:3; 1 John 5:12). We will never die. Our last
breath on earth is followed by our next breath in Heaven (John 11:25-26).
He gives us His divine life in exchange for our carnal one (1
John 5:11-12), His Spirit to guide us and His love to envelop us so that we may
rejoice through every circumstance.
Prayer:
Father God, our glorified body will be ours when we see Jesus,
either in eternity or when He returns for His Bride. Just as Jesus ate, spoke
and was recognized by His disciples, we too will look very much like our self
now. Our glorified body will be like His. He could walk through walls and rise
into heaven unassisted. His new body was no longer subject to death.
We look forward to that immortal, resurrection body and to
serving You for all of eternity. We cannot even fathom the wondrous world You
prepared for us, which we know is even better than the majesty of this universe
in all of its splendor. Remind us to keep a Kingdom focus through all of the
trials we experience now here on earth and to look forward to spending eternity
with You.
Thought for the Day:
As we live each day with eternal values and viewpoint, we mature
spiritually until we come to the fullness of the stature of Christ in us. -
Ephesians 4:13
