Monday, January 2, 2012

Mon.’s Devo - Forever


Happy New Year! Every year I ask God to give me a word for the year. Last year’s word was “end”. I was aware all year of God bringing things to an end in my life and starting a new page. It was exciting to see. This year’s word is “forever”. It is mentioned more than 300 times in the Bible and I scanned all of them. I found that these are the things God says are forever:

His reign

his law

we are to fear him

David’s throne

He will be praised

his love for Israel

we will be free from judgment

the wicked are destroyed

God is king

God is clean and enduring

we are blessed

his disciple will dwell in God’s house

his tender mercies and loving kindness

we will thank and praise him

his counsels will stand

his saints are preserved

our souls will live

his glory

He is our priest

He will dwell in our midst

Jesus will dwell in us

God’s plan

Satan will be tormented

God’s people will reign

In Ecclesiastes it says that God has written eternity on our hearts. So, somehow we instinctively know that we are eternal beings. But when that becomes a reality to us, then we live with a freedom and purpose that allows us to be affective in the here and now. This life is a portal to the next. If we believe that Jesus is the son of God and ask him into our hearts to rule and reign then we enter into God’s kingdom that is above the earth and we reign and rule with God. If we do not put our trust in God and choose to live for ourselves, we are actually choosing to enter Satan’s rule. We will walk out of this realm into the rule of Satan’s which is under the earth and there we will be eternally punished for denying God. It doesn’t seem like a hard choice to make.

Lord, help us to live with eternity in our hearts and in the forefront of our minds. May it influence our walk day by day.

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