August 11 Jesus = Win/Win Romans 14:8
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “For if we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:8)
Several years ago, Annette’s Uncle Jesse was told that he had developed a terminal cancer and that his days were short. I remember Uncle Jesse telling me that life was just as precious to him, at 80, as it was to me, at 40. He told me that he was in a win/win situation and that he was going to be fine. He willingly and boldly stated that if he died, he wins, and if he lives, he wins! What a beautiful expression of the complete and total submission to the sovereignty and the promise of God. We are here for just a short time, and this voyage of life is a preparation for the eternity that we will spend with our Savior and the Father God. Friends, we are not made, or designed to live indefinitely in this evil and fallen world! This world is not our home, we are just passing through! Life is short and the time is fleeting, so we should recognize our job, be active in serving God and embrace the promise of a beautiful and joyous eternity with the one who created it all! I tend to forget this fact, and I pray that when the burdens and cares of this temporal life overwhelm me, and the challenges appear to be difficult to endure, that in the hardest of times, that God remarkably and assuredly has a way of rescuing me from the issues of the day and myself! Thank you, God, for Your Love, Your Grace, and for Your Promise of Overcoming Victory! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!