In Hebrews 11:16, we are invited to think about “a better country – a heavenly one.” Can we live in the present with no thought for the future? We think about the future when we plan our holidays. We plan for the future when we do our Christmas shopping. We think ahead. We save our money for a time when we will need it.
What about the eternal future?We may try to put it on the backburner. There are more pressing things to think about it – things that have to be done today, things that have to be done tomorrow, things that must be done by the end of the week.Can we just forget about the eternal future? We may try. For a while, we may succeed. Then something happens and it all comes back to us: What about the eternal future?
Why do thoughts of the eternal future come back to us, even when our minds are so full of other things? The answer to this question is given in Ecclesiastes 3:11 – “God has put eternity into man’s mind.” In every human heart, there’s ‘a God-shaped blank.’ Jesus came to fill this ‘God-shaped blank”. He came to give us “life” – "abundant life”, “eternal life” (John
We must prepare for the eternal future. In Luke 12:32-40, Jesus tells us to “be ready” for His Return (v. 40). We are to “wait” on the Lord (v. 36). We are to keep “watching” for Him (v. 37). We are to “keep our lamps burning” (v. 35).How can we do this? How can we be ready for Him, waiting for Him and watching for Him?
Keeping our lamps burning - what will this mean for us? It will mean keeping our eyes fixed on Christ. He is our “lamp” – “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (Revelation
