A More Personal Blog

Its been a while since I wrote more of a personal blog. It's on my heart today.

Sometimes I stop and forget to think ahead to the eternal life that is in Christ. I get focused on the day by day steps, and tend not to look too far past the end of my nose if I can keep from it. Over the last few days though, I have been hearing/reading/talking about the book of Revelation. This is what I wanted to write, as I opened the Word today I opened to Revelation Chapter 21:

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

Revelation 21:1-4

How awesome a day when we will be with Jesus, God the Father, and the Spirit? The dwelling place of God will be WITH man! I don't think there is enough thought given to something like this. We will be with God, and there will be no more pain, crying, or mourning for eternity. It makes the sufferings of this world seem insignificant in comparison huh? A few years, a few months, a few weeks of pain in comparison to an eternity with GOD.

None of us deserve this. We are all sinners, and all of us deserve death. Think about this for a moment: We are born into a world of sins, and all of us are sinners. We want to run as far away from righteousness, holiness, and the Lord as we can. We are dirty and disgusting in the site of a holy God. Yet, because of Jesus, we are given the way to God, we are given the truth, we are given life. "For God so loved us,SO LOVED US" ....."that he gave his only son, that whosoever believed in him shall not perishes but have eternal life" John 3:16. Jesus, as an obedient servant, "...who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men." (Philippians 2:6), came and lived a perfect and obedient life, never sinning, in order that the justice of God, that would righteously judge us to death for our sins, would be atoned for by his blood, which means would cover us, and our dirty, disgusting deeds.

All of this for us. What are we asked for in return? to accept this, confess this, and believe this, by believing, we choose to make Jesus our Lord and Savior. He saved us from our just punishment, and as our Lord we should give him everything, and put Him above everything else! If we lived in a society with a human king, he would be a "lord" to us, telling us what to do, more than likely whether we liked it or not, we would obey what he asked. Jesus is far greater, and far more deserving than any Earthly king, so how is it that any of us could go through life not bowing in reference and gratitude for all He has given up for us, and in return begging HIM to lead us. Hungering and Thirsty for Him to show us and guide us.