Being made eternal ... we know that we
struggle together for but one day in all time to bear the molding of
His hand ... only to wake on the dawn of the next realizing the fruit
of His promise ... being joyfully reunited and resting forever in the
loving perfection of His grace and mercy ...
It's only for a moment ... the closest
thing I can relate it to is a fleeting second or maybe the flicker of
a flame on a burning candle - these years we live here on this earth
compared to the eternal life we were created for. Death has no place
in our lives as children of the living God. We were created as
eternal beings to forever live out the reward of our free choice. At
the moment we call death in this life, we merely come to slumber for
a moment in His grace while we wait for the rest of our brothers and
sisters to assemble before His throne - resting peacefully with the
secured promise of awakening at the moment He chose in advance, and
known only to Him, to begin the real life that He truly created us
for.
In our God's time and perspective, we
struggle for a fleeting moment to make a choice and to regain
resemblance to His image by His grace and His hand - one that He can
relate to. The image of the future that this world holds is as
terminal and frail as the vessels we now walk this earth in. But for
us, the promise of the same God that created us speaks to a future
without end. It's a future shared in His close presence and ruled by
His Spirit. It's a future without pain or disease of body or spirit
and a future that we'll share only with those who walk in His grace
and share His spirit.
There will be no more deception, no
more lies and no more selfishness. Hidden agendas, unrighteous anger,
fear, intimidation and evil intent will be nonexistent in the future
of His promise. The ugly face of evil will be forever banished to its
own reward and we'll no longer struggle with the things of this life.
In the awesome glory of His presence, I strongly doubt that we'll
even remember them.
If we believe the word of our Father
God, then we have no reason to lament the moments of this life.
Because we believe Him, we know by His word that His intention is
always for our good. So we can rejoice in the molding and shaping of
His hand in the moments of this life knowing that His efforts are to
prosper us for eternity. His perfect love being that of the
all-knowing, wise Father, it has the patience and forbearance to
suffer tenderly with us now as He teaches us how to live in His
presence. The promised reward of our future making any sacrifice in
this moment too pale to compare.
So what can we endure in His tender
care in this moment of life-before-life that is too great and what
momentary and fleeting sacrifice is too much to offer in return for
the life of His promise? Is our perspective as limited as the
perspective of the flesh that now holds us? Or is it as eternal as
our spirit God created our spirits to be? Are our priorities today
limited to the calendar of our mortal bodies or to the limitless
perspective of eternity, planning now for the life of our future?
It's only a brief moment that we must
be patient to suffer joyfully with solid expectation of what our
eternal future has in store ...
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