Good Thursday morning! Once more the week is floating by quickly on the rushing stream of time. Today's message from Pastor Rogers is good for all of us as we do live in that age. In the history classes at school, I often pitied those people in the past who lived in an age of fear. We do not have to worry about polio, plagues, leprosy, and many of the other diseases that so ravaged populations and persons in history, ...or so I thought as a child. However, the curse on this world is what it is, and as we as a species manage to take away the threat of one disease, another rises to take its place as a threat to our health. While we grew up in the Space Age, or the Computer Age, or the x Age, we also grew up in the age of cancer or heart disease. These have been among the dominant fears of our time. Something is always stalking us, but mostly it is just plain ol' fear. Often we fear what doesn't happen too much, and what has a much greater chance of happening, we don't fear enough. While the people in this world walk around with one eye over their shoulder on the lookout for cancer, heart disease, auto accidents, AIDS, and any other threat, real or imagined, the doom of eternity in hell is rushing to grab them from the shadows of the curse. The Good News of eternal life in Christ Jesus can put a stop to this all too real threat!
On the other hand, some of us have the promise of eternal life in Christ, and yet we still suffer the illnesses of this world. Among even this small group we know about or have experienced in us or our loved ones all of the threats this world has to offer. I don't need to list what we have suffered, no doubt several events and names came to each of our minds right away. The good news about this is that Christ loves to heal! We can read it in the Gospel accounts of His glorious life on this earth. Jesus often stayed up late into the night healing the sick. However, the trial of some condition or illness may last our entire earthly life or the remainder thereof; we simply do not know what God's plans are in every situation. Good news there too! When we see Jesus, He will heal our entire being - mind, body, and spirit!
A prayer for today: Jesus live through us all, each and every one!
Bucky
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