We’re skipping way ahead now to I Thessalonians 3
which says
May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless
and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord
Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
Did you know that the only reason we are able to experience
the presence of God in our lives is because of Jesus? His sacrifice, his righteousness, and his
resurrection power are the reasons we are able to stand in the presence of God
and not die…literally.
So here we are encouraged to strengthen our hearts. How do we do this? Physically, we strengthen
our hearts by exercising. So,
spiritually it stands to reason that we should exercise our hearts by believing
– by having faith.
And when we exercise our faith in Christ, we will be
blameless and holy in his presence when he returns.
He is coming back. We
don’t hear it spoken about much, but it’s coming. The holy God we serve is coming back, as well
as those who have already died and are with him. And those who are blameless and strong in Him
in his presence will be caught up forever…to live eternally without sorrow or
sadness.
We have his presence with us now, but we will live in his
presence – face to face – one day.
Think about that fact.
Are you ready?
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