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Remembering Our Eternal Relationship with Him
Tents are temporary, and so are our earthly lives. The booths of Sukkot offer us symbols of the transient nature of this life.
Though we accept that we’ll someday leave it, life in the moment on planet Earth can feel rather sure. But it isn’t. Our lives could end at any given minute. Besides this, this world won’t last. God is preparing to reveal the New Heaven and New Earth, and this creation will be forgotten (Isaiah 65:17).
Our relationship with God, however, is eternal. Life on Earth is just the beginning of what God has in store for His people. The tents of Sukkot remind us that we shouldn’t get too attached to this world, its pleasures and the appearance of security – because only spiritual things last.
This life is preparing us for eternity. Scripture tells us to invest in the eternal over this Earth. This includes investing in our relationships with God by feasting on His Word and basking in His presence through prayer and worship. It means sowing into other people’s lives with His love and wisdom through acts of kindness, caring and ministry. It means using your gifts to help others and so much more. These treasures can’t be taken away from us.
What really matters in this life? What kind of heavenly treasures might God be calling you to pursue? Determine today to heed His call for an eternal mindset.
About this Plan
Rabbis teach that, at Sukkot, we recount four things: that God is a God of remembrance, deliverance, holiness and provision. There are three more that, as Messianic Jewish Believers, we find appropriate to celebrate during the Feast of Sukkot: God’s protection, His presence, and our relationship with Him. Join us each day of Sukkot for another devotion focusing on one of these remembrances.
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