CONSIDER IT
Worship is at the heart of heaven's business. We can enter into our hope of heaven now by entering deeply into worship. Even if our circumstances don't change, our experience of life now can be richer if we choose to praise and glorify God as a foretaste of heaven.
EXPERIENCE IT
"You are My beloved child. I chose you before the foundation of the world to walk with Me along paths designed uniquely for you. Concentrate on keeping in step with Me, instead of trying to anticipate My plans for you. If you trust that My plans are to prosper you and not to harm you, you can relax and enjoy the present moment. Your hope and your future are rooted in heaven, where eternal ecstasy awaits you. Nothing can rob you of your inheritance of unimaginable riches and well-being. Sometimes I grant you glimpses of your glorious future, to encourage you and spur you on. But your main focus should be staying close to Me. I set the pace in keeping with your needs and My purposes."
What encourages you to trust God's plans or to prosper you and not to harm you? What, if anything, gets in the way?
"As you sit quietly in My Presence, remember that I am a God of abundance. I will never run out of resources; My capacity to bless you is unlimited. You live in a world of supply and demand, where necessary things are often scarce. Even if you personally have enough, you see poverty in the world around you. It is impossible for you to comprehend the lavishness of My provisions: the fullness of My glorious riches. through spending time in My Presence, you gain glimpses of My overflowing vastness. These glimpses are tiny foretastes of what you will experience eternally in heaven. Even now you have access to as much of Me as you have faith to receive. Rejoice in My abundance - living by faith, not by sight"
What does it mean to say that God is a God of abundance? How does He display His abundance?
(Consider It ... Experience It / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Psalm 36:5-8 and John 6:27-29
"Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your rivers of delights"
ReplyDelete(Psalm 36:5-8 / New International Version)
Jesus said, "... Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval" Then they (his disciples) asked him, "What must we do to the works that God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent"
(John 6:27-29 / New International Version)