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Thursday, September 28, 2017

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God....Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest....--Hebrews 4:9-11

 

As we make our way down the pathway of life we are going to encounter may circumstances that we will have to struggle to overcome. To be sure, there will be much happiness along the way but there will also be a lot of pain and heartache that we will have to endure. We have an enemy that pursues us and he is always right behind us seeking to devour us (1 Peter 5:8).  Constantly, perhaps even daily, there will be a Red Sea of sorts in front of us and like Israel of old we may have that momentary lapse of memory in which we can see no way of escape. I pray that we will ever remember that regardless of the circumstances that surround us in this life our God is with us and He will provide for us a way of escape (Heb. 13:5; 1 Cor. 10:13; Rom. 8:28, 35-39). Understand this, whatever that way of escape may be, it is going to involve moving, pressing forward (Exodus 14:15; Phil. 3:13-14).

 

The end for the faithful child of God is a place of eternal rest (Rev. 14:13). One who loves us has built for us a home that is so wondrous it is beyond words of human description and the builder of that home has promised that one day we will be able to dwell forever with him in that home (John 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 2:9). After some 84 years on this earth, I have come to the conclusion that the most beautiful words of the Bible are those they speak to us of heaven. Those are the words that draw our souls, our  hearts away from the struggles of this life. As we grow older we become more aware of the insecurity of life. We see our loved ones, our friends silently slip out into eternity. Once it seemed as if time stood still but now it is passing far too swiftly.  None of this should trouble us because heaven is the promise God has given to us and the day we fly away to our eternal home will be the dawning of a better day. I often think about 2 Cor. 5:1: "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens". There is a beautiful home that tugs at my heartstrings today (Rev. 21:2-7; Rev. 22:1-5). The one thought that really gets me through each day is that I love and trust the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30; Isa. 12:2). I am going to cling to him for dear life and with joy in my heart make the most of each day knowing my sins have been washed away and forgiven. I am redeemed and heaven bound (Heb. 10:22-23; Col. 1:12-13; 1 John 1:7-9). What about you? How do you feel deep down in your heart right now?

 

Charles Hicks

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