The Big Picture
1 Corinthians 15:54-58 When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labour is not in vain.
It’s so easy when we’re going through turmoil to lose sight of the big picture. To lose sight of the eternal picture. And that eternal picture if we can just grasp it in our hearts, can change the way we feel about today, the way we handle turmoil and stress, and indeed the whole way that we live our lives.
Because God has such an amazing future planned for you and for me. It’s a future that Jesus died to purchase for us on that cross. It’s a future that He rose again to give us, so that we could have the gift of eternal life.
When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labour is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:54-58)
You see, the eternal future that’s coming your way is meant to make a powerful difference to the way that you live your life.
Therefore, be steadfast and immovable. Therefore, because of the eternity that’s coming your way, excel in the work of the Lord because you know that it’s not in vain.
Death will be swallowed up. The sting of death will be gone because of the victory that you have through your faith in Jesus Christ. It’s free. It’s available here and now and it’s a victory that will impact your life from this day forward.
It’s so incredibly sad that so many people worry about their futures, when in fact, in Christ, their future is absolutely secure. So many people believe in Jesus, they believe that they’re saved, yet they don’t let that faith impact the certainty with which they live their life. The hope with which they live. The power with which they live. The joy with which they live.
Friend if you believe in Jesus, you have such a future … a future ready and waiting for you, today. Live your life with that future in mind. Live your life with the certainty of that future filling your heart. Because when you shed this earthly body of sickness and sin, you will put on eternal, imperishability and spend that eternity in the Presence of the Living God forever and ever and ever Amen! Hallelujah!
And God, through that future wants to radically transform your life today. So that you can life your life in victory. That’s the big picture.
And that’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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