To Be With Me
“After I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me.” John 14:3
Note the promise of Jesus. “I will come back and take you to
be with me.” Jesus pledges to take us home. He does not delegate this task. He
may send missionaries to teach you, angels to protect you, teachers to guide
you, singers to inspire you, and physicians to heal you, but He sends no one to
take you. He reserves this job for Himself.
Time to Celebrate
“He will destroy death
forever.” Isaiah 25:8
Jesus explained that the river of death was nothing to fear.
The people wouldn’t believe him. He touched a boy and called him back to life .
. . He let a dead man spend four days in a grave and then called him out. Is that
enough? Apparently not. For it was necessary for him to . . . submerge himself
in the water of death before people would believe that death had been
conquered.
After he . . . came out on the other side of death’s river .
. . it was time to celebrate.
We Are His
“Thank you for your
love, thank you for your faithfulness.”
Psalm 138:2, The Message
We give more applause to a brawny ball-carrier than we do to
the God who made us. We sing more songs to the moon than to the Christ who
saved us . . .
Though we may not act like our Father, there is no greater
truth than this: We are his. Unalterably. He loves us. Undyingly.
Eternal Happiness
“God has planted
eternity in the hearts of men.”
Ecclesiastes 3:10, TLB
You will never be completely happy on earth, simply because
you were not made for earth. Oh, you will have your moments of joy. You will
catch glimpses of light. You will know moments or even days of peace. But they
simply do not compare with the happiness that lies ahead.
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