Is that rain or snow? In March it may be difficult to tell. Anyway, say there was this great celebration. All the population came and it was without a doubt the greatest celebration to that point in time. The only problem is that we missed it. It gets worse, not only were we absent, but the celebration was about us and centered on each one of us. The guest of honor not invited? Say it isn't so. Well, there is a rightness about that in that not one of us did a thing to earn our celebration. Nope, all the work of salvation that the saints in Heaven celebrated was done by our Lord Jesus. A wonderful celebration, a marvelous party over your salvation or mine, but we got left out.
Praise the Lord! That's the way it goes for every lost sheep that Jesus saves. The first celebration of our new life goes on without us. But who would deny the saints in Heaven their rejoicing? Not I, those who followed Christ before me deserve their celebration, after all they missed their own salvation party just like I did. You wouldn't, for at the time not one of us could say what was going on in Heaven. Likely enough, we were busy praising and thanking God for the salvation Jesus earned on the cross for us. Later, we study the Word and find out that a rejoicing party went on at our salvation. We missed it? Well, maybe not so much as we might think. When we stop to think about it, I believe we feel that rejoicing going on to this day.
Have a rejoicing day in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
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