Pastor's Corner

for Sunday May 17th
Our best life is later not now!
Charles Spurgeon posted a sign on the door of his study that read: "Perhaps today." In this way Spurgeon reminded himself each time he entered his study that Jesus could return - even today! This then impacted the way he lived, prayed and preached - eagerly expecting the return of Jesus. Living with the certainty of Jesus’ return is a source of great encouragement to us when we are facing hard times. Consider these encouraging words, “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2Cor 4:16-18) When was the last time someone encouraged you to “hang in there” by reminding you of heaven? And yet, this seems to be the typical way the early Christians encouraged one another. If you are washed in the blood of the lamb(Rev 7:14) then this is your future: “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Rev. 7:15-17) So, hang in there, Jesus IS coming and when He does our best life will begin.
Pastor Don.