Today, i am thinking deeply about the mystery associated with the passage of time. Why today? It’s my birthday. i was born in 1961. Do the math. Now you understand why i am fascinated, even in awe that i am already the age i am. Yes, i am the oldest i have ever been and the youngest i will ever be. :)
We know what God’s Word says about our lives on planet earth. Psalm 39:5 for example: “Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths, And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! [Eccl 1:2] Selah.” Psalms 39:5 AMP
While earthy life is surely a mystery, when you ask Jesus to become your Life, it is at the same time marvelous. For Jesus Himself is for us Eternal Life. So whatever the end of our earthy lives may be, if we belong to Him, it’s less about death overwhelming us and more about a doorway opening before us. And it is a glorious doorway, for sure.
Is Jesus your Way, your Truth, and your Life? If not turn from sin and turn to Him. In faith let Him amazingly grace and forever embrace you with His Marvelous Mystery of Life Everlasting. He spoke about it in to Martha just outside of Bethany right before raising Lazarus from the dead. Hear it for yourself now:
“Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies;” John 11:25 AMP
i believe this!
So, i begin again to remember that even as my earthly life is vanishing like a vapor, the rest of my days promise to be the best of my days. Praise Jesus!
Pastor Kerry Willis
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