BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
A daily devotional
Pastor Stanley
13th SEPTEMBER 2024
LOOK FORWARD TO IT
Hebrews 11:15-16 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country —a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (NIV)
One of the encouraging factors for a Christian is the fact that there is a place for us hereafter. And it is important that we set our minds on it and look forward to that day.
Referring to the faith-folks of the old testament, the Bible says "If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country". They knew beyond senses that there was a better place for them. And they looked forward to it. They had many things to set their minds on in this world; their wealth, influence, fame, troubles, hard times and failures but they chose rather to long for a better place.
Setting your mind on things to come and longing for that better place will help you see the things in this world in a lesser perspective. See beyond what your eyes can see; see the bigger picture of things, see eternity with Christ and look forward to it.
Every good thing we have here is for our enjoyment and use but we are not be enticed by them nor live for them. There are better things in the great city He has prepared for us. Look forward to it.
Revelation 21:1-2 Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
There shall be new order of things; new heaven and earth, new Jerusalem the Holy city. Look forward to these.
PRAYER
Precious Father I know that you will bring about a new order where there shall be a new heaven and earth, a new Jerusalem the Holy city, where we shall live with Christ forever. As I long and look forward to this, help me to prepare others to do the same, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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