Eternal pathway!
Verse for Today: Saturday, December 22, 2012
Isaiah 9:6b - And His name shall be
called Everlasting Father.
The source or originator
of anything is usually called its father. Eternal life flows to man from Jesus
Christ who is the Eternal or Everlasting Father. Even as a babe in Bethlehem,
He was the source of eternal life to the sinful world. He who had no timeliness
came out of that and entered into our time and so He had to become a babe. The
Jewish community and the Roman Empire thought that they killed Him, but He
yielded His spirit to His Father in Heaven. He had the right to give up His
life for a short time and entrust it with the Father and to take it back. He
stepped back into eternity and above timeliness in order to usher the repentant
man into the eternal state. Today He gives the believing man eternal life
through His mighty power which is His most wonderful act. He counsels man and
admonishes him to accept the eternal life that is freely offered to him. As the
source of eternal life, Jesus values everything that we do in the light of
eternity. He values us and our deeds from the point of view of eternity. He
came to this world to bring Heaven to us and wants to take us to Heaven with
Him. As He was born a babe, He wants all of us to be born again because our
original birth in Adam is null and void due to sin. The story of nativity
speaks to the world today to be born in God’s eternal family. Thus when we
become members of the family of God in Heaven, He expects our character,
attitude and goals to become eternal and heavenly. All that we do on the earth
will have to have eternal relevance. Today let us invest our heart, soul and
life to accomplish eternal goals. The Lord Jesus will supply us with resources
to invest in endeavors which have eternal value. In the process, our sustenance
is also looked after by Him.
Dear friend, are you sure
that you possess eternal life? Are your goals and aspirations eternal or
temporal? Are you using all the resources God has given you for eternal
purposes? Are you more concerned about amassing for your tomorrows or investing
those in your eternity so that you would be able to see splendid results when
you reach heaven? Jesus has given us the privilege to trust Him for all our
tomorrows. He wants us to exercise our trust in Him on the basis of the
promises He has given us. He has promised us His presence and power to live for
Him. These promises are eternally secure in Heaven and that not a syllable from
it will go invalid. His Spirit is given to us to lead and guide in the
decisions that we make all of which should be relevant to eternity. If we miss
opportunities that are given to us, it is eternal and irrecoverable loss. If we
are given resources, our use of it has eternal purpose. If we do not use it for
the purpose for which it is given to us, it is again an eternal loss. This is
because we are eternal beings with eternal purposefulness in God’s agenda. As
we are engaged in eternal purposes in our lives, our Lord will look after our
temporal affairs by meeting all our physical, emotional, social and spiritual
needs. So when we look back at the manger in Bethlehem, our Lord is there as
the Father of Eternity, speaking to us about how much He values us for
eternity. Today let us take the challenge from the Father of Eternity and
reorganize our lives, thoughts, desire, priorities, likes, dislikes, material
assets and knowledge to use it in avenues which will bring forth eternal
results. As we walk the eternal pathway, our Lord will take care of all our needs
on the way.
2 Peter 3:13 – But in
keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new
earth, the home of righteousness.
Thought for Today
When we involve in the eternal and the divine, our
Lord will involve in our temporal needs.
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