Good morning -
It's a contemporary song with a great biblical truth: "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up... To more than I can be."
We've been raised up to an amazing exalted position:
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7)
In our greatest moment of gratitude, I'm sure that we aren't even close to fully appreciating what we have and what we will have in Christ. For reasons that will likely always mystify us, God loves us with unconditional and never-ending love and has raised us up through and with Jesus His Son. We've been given an honored seat in the presence of our Father, and He intends to spend all of eternity showing us the riches of His grace.
We often hear about famous movie celebrities adopting children for poverty-stricken countries. These children who would otherwise be destined for a life of suffering, hardship, poverty and early death are given wealth and privilege beyond their imagination. And so with us: aside of the grace of God in Christ, we would only live in the poverty of this hard and disappointing age.
He does raise us up. Although the trials and troubles of this age surround us, we've already been raised above them to victory and riches beyond measure in Christ. And to think that our Father will spend eternity showing us His wealth and favor is too amazing to imagine. We will enjoy the choicest food and drink at His table, and will be shown the riches of His creation and nature. In all of eternity on a renewed earth God will not exhaust the storehouse of His blessings and favor toward us. It is absolutely impossible to imagine.
Keep your exalted position in focus today, not matter what reality life presents to you. You and I are raised up and destined for so much more than this age has to offer. We are destined to receive and manage the vast riches of God as we administer His government in the coming Age.
Have a great day, privileged one,
Pastor Steve
It's a contemporary song with a great biblical truth: "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up... To more than I can be."
We've been raised up to an amazing exalted position:
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7)
In our greatest moment of gratitude, I'm sure that we aren't even close to fully appreciating what we have and what we will have in Christ. For reasons that will likely always mystify us, God loves us with unconditional and never-ending love and has raised us up through and with Jesus His Son. We've been given an honored seat in the presence of our Father, and He intends to spend all of eternity showing us the riches of His grace.
We often hear about famous movie celebrities adopting children for poverty-stricken countries. These children who would otherwise be destined for a life of suffering, hardship, poverty and early death are given wealth and privilege beyond their imagination. And so with us: aside of the grace of God in Christ, we would only live in the poverty of this hard and disappointing age.
He does raise us up. Although the trials and troubles of this age surround us, we've already been raised above them to victory and riches beyond measure in Christ. And to think that our Father will spend eternity showing us His wealth and favor is too amazing to imagine. We will enjoy the choicest food and drink at His table, and will be shown the riches of His creation and nature. In all of eternity on a renewed earth God will not exhaust the storehouse of His blessings and favor toward us. It is absolutely impossible to imagine.
Keep your exalted position in focus today, not matter what reality life presents to you. You and I are raised up and destined for so much more than this age has to offer. We are destined to receive and manage the vast riches of God as we administer His government in the coming Age.
Have a great day, privileged one,
Pastor Steve
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