Fulfilling God’s Purposes
The older I get, the more wonderful Heaven sounds. God has blessed me immensely and I’m so grateful but the hecticness of life can weigh on me to the point that I find myself singing, “And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight.” The fact I’m still here, however, proves that God is not finished with me here. He has a work for me to do, and I must press on to accomplish that work.
There is such a balance between longing for Home and yet being content where God has me at this moment. The fact is this world is not my Home. There’s a reason I feel out of place and discontent. At the same time, even Jesus had to walk this earth for a time. For thousands of years, God has been reaching out to people, desiring to walk with them, using those with willing hearts until they had accomplished their work at which point He took them Home. What a day, glorious day that must be.
The closer I get to God, the more I don’t mind living because I know He has a plan for my life. At the same time, when I hear that final call, I won’t shed one tear. I will be ready to finally see my Savior face to face. At that time, all the stresses of life will disappear and I will be eternally joyful.
Ah, what poignant words, my friend. Sadly, we can be quickly caught up with the cares of this world to the point it takes our eyes off of the eternal. But, then on the other hand, we can gain a little better understanding of eternity and then fear what we cannot know, namely, death. We are not to fear death, and you are so right, we will not shed a tear, although those we leave behind will. These are but the shadowlands for true reality will not dawn upon our senses until we do as Peter longed to do – lay aside his earthly tabernacle. May the Lord give us faith and courage to face whatever He has in store for us because His ways truly are perfect.