All Anew

2 Corinthians 4:16, 18

That is why we never give up.  Though our bodies are dying,

our spirits are being renewed every day.  So we don’t look at

the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to

what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon

be over, but the joys to come will last forever.  (NLT)

     Since the beginning of time there has never been nor will there ever be a trouble-free existence in our world this side of Heaven.  Since the falling away from God, man has sought to create a utopian world, but has never succeeded and he never will.  We are flawed people, living in a flawed world, and we are incapable of creating anything that is perfect—imperfectness can never create that which is perfect—it's simply not possible because it's one of God’s many absolutes.  God is the only One who can bring about a utopian world and when Jesus returns, He will do just that.  Jesus will get rid of Satan and all the unrepentant sinners.   He will set up His Kingdom that will never end and bring total peace to our world.  Our finite minds cannot even begin to fathom a peaceful world without wars and killing—a perfect world without end. 

     The Lord tells us that nothing can compared to the Glory that God has planned for us, for the Lord is going to make all things new for us to enjoy and with Him forever.  We have a glorious Creator who promises to make our Christian lives worth all the trouble that living in this sinful world brings.  The Living God wants His children to stay focused on the eternal consequences of this extremely short-lived life.  So ask yourself these questions and then choose carefully, my friend:  Am I only striving to gain what this sinful world offers, denying the eternal consequences?   Or am I striving to live a righteous life, denying the world’s self-gratifying pleasures that last but a moment?  The answer you give will decide the choice you make, and it will be the most important one of your earthly life as a finite human being with an eternal future, because the time you are allotted to answer and choose is not only extremely short lived, but how short it is, is uncertain as well.

                                                                  

                                           A Whisper of Hope

Think eternally and carefully…for you must choose Me or the world.  You can either live in Me and wait for the eternal rewards I promise, or you can bathe in the pleasures of this sinful world and die in eternal darkness.  It is your choice to freely make, dear child.  Make it wise and make it soon.

                                                                                 

Revelation 21:3-4

“Look, the home of God is now among His people! 

He will live with them, and they will be His people,

God Himself will be with them.  He will remove all

of their sorrows, and there will be no more death

or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and

its evils are gone forever.”  (NLT)

         Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to

                   the glory He will give us later.

                               (Romans 8:18)