While I was scrolling through Instagram images, months ago, I stopped to read what is written, above, and I knew, I knew it was planted there for me, for that very day, that very moment.
When I read it, I wasn’t interpreting it as some sort of prosperity gospel. No, I was reading it as a message from my loving God, who knew I needed the equivalent of someone placing their finger under my chin, lifting my face and saying it’s gonna be okay.
It’s gonna be okay …
That’s the message of the Gospel
There is a saying in this time which says, “there are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
It is often attributed to C. S. Lewis, and he did say it, but what he was saying was in reference to what is to come once we walk through the shadow of the valley of death. In essence, Lewis was saying,
the best is yet to come
… maybe not in this life on planet Earth, but for eternity with our Saviour.
In our world, our society, our lives today, there is little emphasis on heaven. Perhaps it is a pendulum shift away from the messages of the past that were always focused on eternity. Today we look to the words of Jesus in the Gospels, “the kingdom of God is at hand” and we sometimes interpret that to mean that this very life is the goal, the kingdom … yet, what he was saying was hello, look at me, I am the kingdom of God, I am the goal.
and it is a goal that we, who have submitted to his leadership, share in.
Yet, the gospels also remind us that our current lives are not the be all, end all:
“My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” John 14:2-3
“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven.” Matthew 5:12
“great is your reward in heaven.” Luke 6:23
Trust God.
Trust your whole entire life to him.
He IS in control.
It will get better!
“The happy ending that God has coming is going to ROCK. YOUR. WORLD!”
“O soul are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free
Turn you eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there
Over us sin no more hath dominion
For more than conquerors we are”
Helen H. Lemmel
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