"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." (John 21:18 KJV)
"For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit." (2 Corinthians 5:1-5 NLT)
Here is something I feel pretty confident about, that we are here on this earth as long as God will have us here; when our time is up, He will take us home! This might be hard for some to deal with, but it is all based upon His plans and His purposes, not on what we want or hope for! The Holy Spirit is within us to show us that there is a better place, preparing our hearts for the day of our departure.
Some go quickly and without any notice; while others go gracefully, having friends and family around them, as they depart for their new home. Regardless, here, there, or in the air, we that know Jesus assured we all make it to our eternal home! This is something that you must commit your hope upon, as you believe in faith the words that Jesus spoke, on so many different occasions; He does not lie!
When I first started this blog, I shared upon the will of God, asking what the difference was between His perfect will and the will that He allows to happen. After all of these many years, I have made some sort of change in my thinking, that God's perfect will is always at work, He doesn't ever have a back-up plan!
The post was dealing with Hezekiah's 15 years of extended life; as it was, Isaiah came in and told him to get his house in order because the sickness he had was going to kill him. Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and wept; so, God sent Isaiah back to tell him that he had 15 more years to live.
Were there two different paths that God had in mind, or was there just one? If you think God changed His mind, I will beg to differ; God does not change, because God does not learn! There is nothing He does not know, so why would He need to change the plans that He has already set in motion.
Could it be that Hezekiah needed to feel privileged or special: as if God needed to remove some of his humility in order to have him fulfill what He had already planned. The things that God had put in order were carried out by Hezekiah, during the 15 years of his extended life. It was something that God had already planned, Hezekiah would be the one to change, not God!
We can take great comfort in whatever comes against us, knowing that God's hand is upon our life! We go when God says it is time to go, not one second sooner or later...
""After this time passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshipped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, 'What do you mean be doing these things?'"" (Daniel 4:34-35 NLT)
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