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A Planting of Faith Seeds for the Glory of the LORD
When your life is ready…
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.” (John 14:1–4, NLT)
I am going to tell you something you may find hard to believe, life is difficult – but living without trust is impossible. On second thought you probably have firsthand knowledge of just how true that really is. One of the biggest tasks Jesus faced in his 3 years of ministry was to prepare the disciples for the years that lie ahead for them after his return to heaven.
You and I have never had the privilege and honor of living with Jesus as the disciples did so to us Jesus has never gone away. Yet because we’ve not seen him face-to-face there may be times when the power of our ability to trust he never leaves us alone is feeble. I firmly believe it is during those times when the Holy Spirit “steps in” to bolster the power of our trust not in our miraculous removal out of difficulty but with faith and trust that such times are preparing us for greater things.
For some today’s scripture speaks of going to heaven, for me it is that and much more. For me it is the reassurance there is more to living than just the “daily grind” of life that not only does my life (and yours) have a great destination but also every experience on our journey lends itself to the preparations we are making together with the Holy Spirit. As we make our way toward Easter may each of us reflect on times when the Holy Spirit has bolstered the power our trust in the promises of Jesus and at the same time anticipate Jesus’ promises not only continuing but getting stronger and stronger.
As I bring this Glory Seed to an end in my imagination I can see Jesus with his arms outstretched saying, “When your life is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. Until then you have my promise the Holy Spirit will be with you until the time when you will be with me.”
Believe it! Experience it!
Grace and PEACE!
Gary
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“Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. Then they went home.” (John 20:8–10, NLT)
“Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. Then they went home.” (John 20:8–10, NLT)
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“Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.”