"THE WAY OF ALL FLESH "

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO YOU,

This week we will be looking into death, this is a message that the Lord put on my heart the first week in December. I feel that now is a good time to share it with you, as always it comes from the Word of God. One of my heroes in the faith, Paul, said that he would be confident in dying. He went on to expound that it would be better than living, because in death he would be removed from worldly troubles, and he would see Christ face-to-face.

Now, if you're not ready to die then you're not ready to live. Make certain of YOUR eternal destiny; then you will be free to serve - devoting your life to what really counts without fear of death. How to face death, as Christians, those of us who have a Born Again experience with Jesus Christ are confident. When we are resurrected, God will give us a transformed, eternal body suited to our new eternal life.

Now we all face limitations. Those who have physical, mental, or emotional disabilities are especially aware of this. Some may be blind, but they can see a new way to live. Some may be deaf, but they can hear God's Good News. Some may be lame, but they can walk in God's Love. Now this part is good, in addition they have the encouragement that those disabilities are only temporary. The Word of God tells us that we all will be given "new bodies" when Christ returns and that these bodies will be without disabilities, never to die or become sick. This can give us hope in our suffering.

 " EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME; YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME."

If our lives aren't the way we would like them to be now, we can't assume that change will come more easily later. When nearing death, we will respond to God the same way we have been responding all along. Coming face-to-face with death only shows us what we are really like. How do you want to face death?

Start facing life that way right now. Lord Willing I'll have part two ready for week.

Until Next time...
Jim