Standing On The Promises

I've shared this before, but I love remembering this special blessing. 

I was sixteen and in severe pain, lying on a gurney under a bright surgery light. On examination the doctor had said the gangrene cyst on my ovary thrust me close to death.

While waiting for the anesthesiologist to come in and put me under, I distinctly heard a man's voice beside me.

"Don't worry, everything is going to be all right." An immense peaceful feeling swept over me. Raising my head, I looked around the room and saw no one.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I'm thankful that God holds us up when we are too weak or too scared to think. Whatever the struggle--major or minor--we must believe that we can stand on the promises of God.

True Worship

When I reflect upon God--His power, His grace, His love, His mercy, His salvation, His Word, and a host of other things--my heart can't help but overflow with love and adoration.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Worship should be our primary purpose on the way to church. Loving and honoring our pastors, enjoying sweet fellowship and talented singers are great, but it's not worship unless the Spirit of God draws us to adore Him. It's all about Him, not us.

The Book of Revelation pulls back the curtain between earth and Heaven and gives us a glimpse of pure worship in glory.

We should worship God every day. A Christian living without worship is like a bird trying to fly without wings. 

That Word--That Light

Before time began, Jesus was with the Father creating the world. From the threshold of time, love for that world spun a plan for redemption for the sinful souls of mankind.

John 1:1,3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . . All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

When Jesus came to the world in the flesh (John 1:14) He brought light to that dark world. That light changed my life.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us . . . . 

In spite of His glory and miracles, Jesus became a controversy when He claimed to be God. His greatest glory was when He allowed Himself to be nailed to a cross and die for our sins.

Praise Jesus for revealing Himself and His Father to us. Praise God that a sinner like me can come to Jesus by simple faith and be eternally saved by grace. 

My Glorified Body

This life is temporary. It didn't come here to stay but is merely passing through.

2 Corinthians 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.

"We know" that Christ is alive, therefore, we know that death cannot claim us. Because I live, ye shall live also (John 14:19).

This body is only the house we live in. When a believer dies, the body goes to the grave, but the spirit goes to be with Christ.

When Jesus returns for His own, He will raise the dead bodies in glory, and the body and spirit shall be joined together for a glorious eternity in heaven.

The glorified body is called "a building of God, a house not made with hands"--our house which is in heaven. My glorified body will be like that of my Lord and Savior--perfect.