"The Vault"

"My tongue also shall talk of Thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt." (Psalms 71:24) I know it seems almost odd to end it this way, but if you could only see what's coming up, it would all make such perfect sense. God has a way of making this perfect anyway; it's His answer to chaos and destruction. If we could only see the beauty of what God has in store for those that are chosen. Oh, excuse me, I mean those that believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! I was listening to Dr. Chuck one day, and I could not believe I heard him mention a movie, "The Thirteenth Floor" as a good movie to check out; I own that movie, and it's pretty ruff around the edges; but I did kind of get his point about the different realities. It was kind of like, no matter where or what happens here, you're already there, safe and secure, sipping adult beverages, and on a beautiful beach with your perfect family. Yesterday morning I was checking out 'Spotlight on Entertainment' and noticed the personality to pray for that day was Chris Pratt, which led me to the list of celebrities that claim to be Christians; interesting enough, but Charlie Sheen was on the list of Born Again Believers. Maybe that is why he just had "Winning" as a reply to his fallen condition; but I am not one to judge the heart. Also on the list were Alice Cooper and Chris Tucker; but there were other's which identified themselves as Christian, but were listed as Catholic; but only one of those that I noticed was a devout Catholic, meaning that he went to church all the time, even twice on Sunday, and that was Mark Wahlberg. Anywho; we just can't know the outcome of this life, nor can we figure out the process; God's ways are so much higher than our ways! What is in your heart? Are you safe and secure? Because if you are, then there will be no doubt in your heart that you are! I believe God does two very important things in us when we say yes to His gift, He takes out of the darkness and He gives us life eternal. Both of those things combined are enough to confirm that the deal is done, because He gives us eyes to see and hope for eternity. Now, we might fog things up along the way, or hang out with the dead a little longer than we should, but that does not mean God has not sealed us in His Kingdom. When I look at the process, it seems a lot like the Ark of Noah; not that Noah did not have some issues, but it was God that closed the door of the Ark; which means that it was God that secured Noah and his family in the Ark, not Noah. So who gets the last laugh? I think you know...
"It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies. The Scriptures tell us, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam - that is Christ - is a life-giving Spirit. What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man." (1 Corinthians 15:42-49) NLT