"This Side or That"

"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there." (Psalms 139:8)

  Don't ask my why, but when I read this verse, I can't help but think about Jonah and his prayer to God as he was inside the belly of that fish. I guess we need to be in a position where there is no other degree of being lost that we can enter into, then maybe we can truly understand what matters most; because the things of this life will soon be gone, and only what is offered after this life will be what matters. That is pretty much what "side" represented in the bottom of yesterday's post; which was one of the meanings to the word "spirit" in yesterday's verse. It is closely related to what Jesus was trying to explain to Nicodemus, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where is listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." (John 3:7-8) Basically, the wind knows from where it came from and where it is going, and to be able to interpret the winds direction, you must be one with the wind! We that are born again have been given the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit know from whence it came and where it is going! This is why Jesus said, "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." (John 3:12-13) Jesus knew from where He came, where He was going to return, and where He always has been! Don't try to figure it out, because it will just ruin your mind; instead, just rejoice in the fact that your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and in the fact that no one can touch it, because it is safe and secure in Heaven! We might not be able to see where we are going, but we can absolutely know where we are headed; be comforted in that...

""And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that  whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."" (John 3:14-16)