Good Friday morning! Is the day before St. Patrick's Day anything special? Why yes, it's Friday! Also, the day after today is not one that we should be worried about. If I sit on the morning of this day wondering and worrying over the next day then I am disobeying a direct command of my Lord Jesus. What is today, what does today bring to me? These are only part of what I should be asking. What trials will the Lord use this day to bring me closer to Him? What blessing will come my way through the Lord's redeeming grace? For surely there will be some. What if today I die? Praise the Lord! Seldom will you find a more joyful and excited conversation than in being with a group of believers considering just what might happen to us if today the Lord would call us home. Today could be your day! Those lost in the world would think that a dreadful thing to say. We understand that they do not understand.
In this world we are out of place. We do not seek death, but enjoy a few moments of speculation about how wonderful it would be in Heaven with Jesus right now. We seek to live in Christ and spread the Good News, but can hardly wait for our Savior to come. The world tries desperately to extend its life, but we who love God take what comes our way and strive to be content. We strive toward a prize in Christ Jesus, but that prize seems altogether strange to the world. A place we cannot see or touch; a reward that is ethereal and distant; what makes those Christ-ones think that it is even there at all? Money they can feel. Properties they can stand on. Fame provides them a rush. But all of these to us who live in Christ are what is temporary and of little account. Money is useful to us, but not something to follow like a hungry animal. Properties can be built up with a shelter for a family, but will stay here when we leave to see our heavenly home. Fame may be useful to spread the good news of Jesus, but what good is the applause of man when the judgment of God is at hand?
I cannot reach out and grab the robes of Jesus right now, but that is the blessing. Jesus said to Thomas, "Blessed are those who have not seen, and still believe." You and I cannot touch or see our heavenly home, but we believe the words of Jesus that He has gone to prepare our place there. We have faith in our Lord, and faith in the Savior is what saves those who believe in God's Son. We deserve the grace of God no more than those who murder millions, but we accept God's forgiveness as they will never do. Great are the mercies of our Lord and God. Wonderful is the grace of God that gives us strength to carry on in this difficult, and very temporary, life on earth. One day we will go home to our Lord.
Bucky
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