1 Peter Thoughts

As I was working on this weeks lesson on 1 Peter 1:3-5, I came away with such a glorious assurance. As I wrote a point about us not so easily ever passing over the glory of the resurrection, I realized how much I do. The glory of the resurrection is my all-in-all, it is my eternal assurance. Death is just another reminder of our inheritance. To know that we are upheld by God, in our faith, till the end of our time unto our salvation is a glorious truth. It should encompass our very lives and consistently push us to higher thoughts of our blessedness. Through every trial and struggle, no matter the depth of our misery, Jesus lives. We will have trials and we will have struggles, we will lose loved ones and we will face personal failure, but through it all we have an eternal promise, a hope. Not an earthly-empty hope, a blessed hope that is sure and will never diminish. As sure as Jesus rose, so will I.

I listened to a sermon about life being a vapor, and how ridiculous it would be for you to stay at a hotel on vacation, and while you are there you re-carpet, paint, get new furniture, etc. Our life here is that temporary. What is our 70 years in light of eternity? How can we waste so much time on things that won't even last our lifetimes? How can we surround ourselves with so much comfort here that we don't even yearn for heaven? We are here for a reason, God's reason, and each day we should have that in the forefront of our minds. Man's primary purpose is to glorify God. We know the days are evil and we must redeem them. If God called us into account for our day, everyday, how much differently would we live? Won't He? We need to be so heavenly minded, that we are earthly driven...