HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THAT?

On the same page in the newspaper where I am reading about the deaths of two photograpers is also this quote by Photojournalist Joao Silva:

“My motivation was always to be on the edge of history.”

What about my motivation?

Great events are taking place in world history all the time.  But let me tell you of the greatest event which has taken place on earth. The greatest event of all is still taking place. It is the redeeming work of the Son of God!

I want to be able to say, “My motivation is to take part in the work of God!

Am I willing to die as a martyr?

“HE WAITS FOR ME IN HEAVEN”

That was the headline in the newspaper last Saturday. (Saturday, May 7, 2011 Weekend Herald)

If  you have read other posts on this blog you are not surprised, that I am very much interested in heaven. The reason is that I am heading for heaven. What are you heading for? Have you heard about D. L. Moody? I have. I have also read that his favourite sermon subject was “HEAVEN.”

The words “He waits for me in heaven” were spoken by a Manila-born catholic lady after her husband, who was also Manila-born, was killed by the 200km/h tornado that ripped through Albany at 3.15 pm in the north of Auckland here in New Zealand.

The lady  “is sure she will see her husband again.” That means that she is sure that her husband is in heaven and that she is also sure that she is also going to heaven. That means that she is sure that she is heading for heaven.

I don’t know who gives her the unshakable assurance of salvation.

But I do know who gives me the unshakable assurance of salvation. I know that I am heading for HEAVEN!

Let me tell you about it:

When the new birth happened in my life, when I came out of darkness into light, when  I came from death into life, the Bible became alive for me. Before that the Bible was like any other book. But now I understood what I  was reading.

I read these words in the Bible: “I write these things to you who believe in the Son of  God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” You find those words in First John 5:13 in the New Testament.

I believe in the Son of God and I know that I have eternal life! Hallelujah!

What about you?

In his letter to the Romans the apostle Paul is writing: “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” You find those words also in the New Testment in Romans 8:16!

Have you experienced that?

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Question:

We are both true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do I recognize you and do you recognize me in HEAVEN?

What does the Bible, the Word of the Living God say?

When I read today the quote “There is nothing as strong as gentleness and nothing so gentle as real strength” by Ralph W. Sockman the verse Philippians 4:5 came to my mind where it says:

“Let your gentleness be evident  to all.”

“……; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.” – Hebrews 11:27

The Bible says that about Moses. Moses did not focus on what he had to endure, but he looked through the window of  faith to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Today I read the quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: “He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all.”

I don’t know what you have to endure at the present time. Many are sick, many don’t know how to pay their bills, many are out of work.

Follow the example of Moses and look through the window of  faith.

What do you see?

You see the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is not only the pioneer, but also the perfecter of our faith. Why did he endure the cross? Why did he despise the shame?  Because joy was set before him and he is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

He endured the hostility against himself  from sinners. Why did he do that? He did that that we may not grow weary or fainthearted.