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God Is Eternal and My Comforter
Time defines everything in this world. We are born on a particular day and die on a particular day. This defines how long we have lived. There are manufacture dates, expiration dates, etc.
Now, if time had limits, then there is a beginning and an end. Man has never been able to come to a conclusion on when time began, neither can he predict when it will end.
When one of my friends was not paid his monthly salary because of recession. Managing his home became difficult. One month became two, three, six and nine months and before he knew, he was counting years. At that time finding another job was next to impossible. If running his house for him was a challenge, for me praying for him became a challenge. What do you pray for? It seemed our prayers were not answered.
It was at that time God taught me. If a man lives, say, for 80 years. If in the 80 years for 3 years he has severe financial difficulty, it doesn’t take away the 77 years of financial stability. How they handle the 3 years would impact the way they would have to live the following years.
In the same way, when I take the timeline of this world, the 80 years becomes just a dot, but how I live in this dot determines where I would be after I die. As Christians, we believe in a new heaven and a new earth which would be flawless like the garden of Eden. Entry is granted only if we have lived our life on earth pleasing to God. Otherwise, we will find ourselves in the torrid place called hell.
In all this, only our time on earth has a beginning and end. What a comfort it is to know that however tired and weary these years are, we have a God who is eternal and He will give us rest, free from all difficulties. Sometimes I catch myself asking the question, "what if I am wrong in believing this?" But it scares me to live a life thinking it is wrong, and what if it turns out to be the truth?
When I think of myself in hell eternally, I realize the most difficult times in our life on earth have a limited time period. It is comforting to know that these difficult times will pass.
Time defines everything in this world. We are born on a particular day and die on a particular day. This defines how long we have lived. There are manufacture dates, expiration dates, etc.
Now, if time had limits, then there is a beginning and an end. Man has never been able to come to a conclusion on when time began, neither can he predict when it will end.
When one of my friends was not paid his monthly salary because of recession. Managing his home became difficult. One month became two, three, six and nine months and before he knew, he was counting years. At that time finding another job was next to impossible. If running his house for him was a challenge, for me praying for him became a challenge. What do you pray for? It seemed our prayers were not answered.
It was at that time God taught me. If a man lives, say, for 80 years. If in the 80 years for 3 years he has severe financial difficulty, it doesn’t take away the 77 years of financial stability. How they handle the 3 years would impact the way they would have to live the following years.
In the same way, when I take the timeline of this world, the 80 years becomes just a dot, but how I live in this dot determines where I would be after I die. As Christians, we believe in a new heaven and a new earth which would be flawless like the garden of Eden. Entry is granted only if we have lived our life on earth pleasing to God. Otherwise, we will find ourselves in the torrid place called hell.
In all this, only our time on earth has a beginning and end. What a comfort it is to know that however tired and weary these years are, we have a God who is eternal and He will give us rest, free from all difficulties. Sometimes I catch myself asking the question, "what if I am wrong in believing this?" But it scares me to live a life thinking it is wrong, and what if it turns out to be the truth?
When I think of myself in hell eternally, I realize the most difficult times in our life on earth have a limited time period. It is comforting to know that these difficult times will pass.
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This devotion is a practical study to see who God is and how we can reflect the same character of God in our life. We are created in the image of God and we need to live lives that reflect God in us. We desire our children to take after us. In the same manner, our heavenly Father wants us to take after Him.
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