My hubby and I are in a small group of friends studying Dr. David Jeremiah’s “Angels” book. If you have never done this study I strongly recommend reading this. As we listened to his cd, and read God’s word, we learned that “Angels carried Lazarus to Abraham’s side. (Luke 16:22) Where? In eternity with God.
Eternity...have you
ever thought of what that means? Time without end, infinite time, forever. Many times I think about eternity and even more
so when a person dies, and always during holy week. Life on this earth has an ending date, and I
don’t know when that will be for me, but I do know what the Bible says about
eternity.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 – 14 “I
have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made
everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that
there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they
live. That each of
them may eat and drink, and find
satisfaction in all their
toil—this is the gift of God. I know that
everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing
taken from it.”
Knowing
this, what wonder! God set eternity in
the human heart! For believers, we have
a spiritual thirst to be with Him eternally.
God wants us to enjoy life, but this is only a stopping point on our journey. Heaven (or hell) is eternity. It’s scary for many to think about death and
where we will end up after we die. But
we also have a choice to make; accept the gift of salvation or reject it. Really we are choosing our future journey…Heaven
or Hell. It is eternal one way or the
other.
As holy
week approaches, I am reminded of the greatest sacrifice my heavenly father has
done for me…He gave his one and only son, Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice for
me. He gave his life so that I may one
day live with Him in eternity! (John 3:16)
I am eternally
grateful and thankful that I accepted God’s greatest gift and will one day live
with Him in eternity. I hope and pray
you make a choice to live with him too!
Blessings!
Joani
