Saturday, March 10, 2007
Eternity
As I sit here in Melbourne airport waiting for a connecting flight I wonder of the people I see and how many of them know even the meaning of the word Eternity. I mean in its truest sense. At the moment the waiting for them must seem an Eternity. The young footballers must think life will last an Eternity. But how many know what it is really all about?
Sadly enough, all of us know people who are walking that precarious road, not knowing how close they are to an Eternity, not on this earth.
How many of us even take the time to ponder the gift that we have been given? The wonderous bounty that we have in Christ! That was freely given to us, sometimes I wonder about that too! The fact that it has been freely given sometimes makes us so ungrateful. It can if we let it become a given rather than a blessing. But when we peruse it from the Father's point of view it was never free but cost everything. There was a high price that was paid that was purely for our benefit, the gracious gift of God is GRACE. Gods Riches At Christs Expense.
At the moment my prayers are like that of Paul in Ephesians "God that you would open my eyes to see the riches and the magnificence of what you have done for me, that I too could help others see this." To understand the depths of the life that is ours now, to behold the beauty and presence of God by faith now, to see with eyes of faith the realm that we actually live in rather than the media driven facade that we now see.
The privilege that I have been given has only recently been brought home to me. It is something that I took for granted for so long. Yes, I appreciated it, but not to the degree that I have most recently seen. The tiny crack that I now see through gives me a tiny idea of what Paul saw when he said:
"I became a minister, according to the administration of God given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God." (Col 1:25);
"the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints." (Col 1:26)
"For to them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory", (Col 1:27)
" whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." (Col 1:28)
"For which I also labour, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power." (Col 1:29)
Well those are a few of my airport thoughts. Pastor Rob
Sadly enough, all of us know people who are walking that precarious road, not knowing how close they are to an Eternity, not on this earth.
How many of us even take the time to ponder the gift that we have been given? The wonderous bounty that we have in Christ! That was freely given to us, sometimes I wonder about that too! The fact that it has been freely given sometimes makes us so ungrateful. It can if we let it become a given rather than a blessing. But when we peruse it from the Father's point of view it was never free but cost everything. There was a high price that was paid that was purely for our benefit, the gracious gift of God is GRACE. Gods Riches At Christs Expense.
At the moment my prayers are like that of Paul in Ephesians "God that you would open my eyes to see the riches and the magnificence of what you have done for me, that I too could help others see this." To understand the depths of the life that is ours now, to behold the beauty and presence of God by faith now, to see with eyes of faith the realm that we actually live in rather than the media driven facade that we now see.
The privilege that I have been given has only recently been brought home to me. It is something that I took for granted for so long. Yes, I appreciated it, but not to the degree that I have most recently seen. The tiny crack that I now see through gives me a tiny idea of what Paul saw when he said:
"I became a minister, according to the administration of God given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God." (Col 1:25);
"the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints." (Col 1:26)
"For to them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory", (Col 1:27)
" whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." (Col 1:28)
"For which I also labour, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power." (Col 1:29)
Well those are a few of my airport thoughts. Pastor Rob
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