“But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[a] because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” Romans 8:10-11
As believers, we have hope because when our last breath leaves our lips, we are going to live forever with Jesus; death is not the end…there is much more awaiting us. One day a person will be reading your obituary, which will tell that your heart stopped beating, and that will be the end of your body, there will be a date stamped to the right of a dash on your stone; but it’s not going to be the end of you. You were made in God’s image…you were made to last forever.
Why do we have hope? Because no matter how bad it seems on earth, it’s just for a while; only temporary. When you have faith in Jesus, you know you’re going to spend ‘forever’ on the other side in an eternity with no more sorrow, no more sadness, no more pandemic, no more turmoil in Haiti, no more woke, no more CRT, no more bickering, no more sickness, no more losing seasons…no more suffering.
I read obituaries every day from quite a few newspapers online and it is very clear to me to be able to tell the difference between people with Hope and those without. A life filled with pleasure chasing after worldly activities during their lifetime; and now it’s over…is that all there was to their journey?
The attached photo was taken looking west from my apartment located in Petionville. Thousands of the people living in those houses haven’t heard the Good News. You have Hope, knowing you’ll spend eternity with Jesus Christ on the other side. There are people in those stone houses who don’t have Hope; it’s Monday, go and spread the Good News.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay