Friday, March 31, 2017

"God's Eternal Care"

"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation." (Psalms 91:15-16)
After all of this, and it comes down to loving God and treating people as you would like to be treated. You could say, it's like a school of ministry being lived out in our lives; except this school never lets out. There are a couple things here that need to be brought to our attention; the first of which is who is speaking here in these last three verses, because in a manor of speaking, it is all three, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. I know, it might sound a little strange; but here is the deal that makes it so interesting and gives us hope, they are all three for us, and they all three care for us. Sure enough, we will constantly fail to be perfect, but in God's eye we are already there; not only that, but He sees us as Saints, pure, and white as the snow. The Son makes us righteous, the Spirit make us holy, and the Father makes us His children; we don't have a care in the world, literally! We are in this world, but we are no longer of this world! Predestination is a very strange concept to understand, because it's not something we can wrap our heads around; it is totally beyond our ability to grasp. But with God, it is all so natural, because He is eternal and lives outside of the constraints of time. I did not say that God lives outside of time, because time and time again He proves to us that He does; but He is in all time, in the past, present, and future, all at once. Try to figure that out with your limited ability! Albert Einstein came close, but then he might have driven himself crazy in the process. There are just some things that are not for us to know, nor should we try to figure them out. No, we just need to be thankful that He chose us, and rejoice in what waits ahead; not concerning ourselves with what's behind, we look forward to what's ahead, knowing that it is all God's doing that saved us, and it will be all God's doing that will get us past the finish line. In the meantime, we love God and treat others as we would like to be treated; which means, whether you like it or not, we must share the Good News, just as we are grateful that someone shared it with us...
""Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore. Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard no more. "No longer will babies die when they are only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young! In those days people will live in the houses they built and eat the fruit of their own vineyards. Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. For they are people blessed by the LORD, and their children, too, will be blessed. I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers! The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. But the snakes will eat dust. In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain. I, the LORD, have spoken!"" (Isaiah 65:17-25) NLT 

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