A marriage made in heaven

"I am Your God"

I am Yours

"You are Christ's" 1st Corinthians 3:23

Through the blood of Christ we are presented as God's children, heirs of the kingdom, holy, blameless before the Lord.  We, on the other hand, are not holy or blameless, but we are forgiven.  God will hold us to the fire until He sees His image in our thoughts and actions, if not we would surely die of a hardened heart.  We are the bride of Christ - bought and paid for at the ultimate price.  Now we are being perfected, taught, groomed for our position in the kingdom to come.  The Bible says we were chosen.  "All who hear and believe..." If we know in our hearts, not logically in our minds but if we hear with our minds and it penetrates our hearts we will indeed experience a life path of change.  Being made into the bride of Christ is not instantaneous for anyone  and we all are painfully aware of that.  "You are made to be broken bread and poured out wine."  Now think about it, is that how I want to live this one life I've been given here on earth? Dead to myself, expending my life for others just to be ridiculed and rejected. This is life and life more abundant? Surely you jest. Common sense worldly opinion would more than agree - and isn't that the problem?  We are bombarded with the secular humanist world view that is all of life around us on TV and media and we buy into it.  We are all familiar with 'it's all about me', 'you deserve a break today', 'if it feels good do it', 'make hay while the sun shines', and on and on.  Well, one huge problem with that is we think nothing about the day's end and where our deeds and actions will leave us.  Ever read Matthew 25 1-13?  The parable about the ten virgins going to meet the bride groom?  If not, turn to it and take time to hear what Jesus is telling us.  What we do in this life matters more than we can ever imagine, for our life here is but a day.  Did we spend it preparing to meet our bridegroom or was it all about us?  The world shouts one thing but where is our focus?  If it is not on the bridegroom then we are truly standing at the fault line of an earth quake and it is coming!  OK OK OK I've heard this a thousand times and guess what? I'm still here.  Yes, and in story after story in the bible they thought the same thing. But Noah built the ark anyway.  Jesus must move from our minds to our hearts and some days that is easier said than done. Why? Because when hardships and disasters strike we look at the world instead of looking to the Holy Spirit which our Father has sent to guide us in all things.  We also do this when earthly temptations strike, maybe even more so.  If we are tired and worn out it is much easier to be manipulated.  This is not saying we do not have much work to do here, but for the most part we are not simply willing to wait upon the Lord.  "For My yoke is easy and My burdens are few."  Believe me when I say most of us exhaust ourselves about 95% of the time with business that God did not direct.  We, my friend, are in desperate need.  We must yearn to hear our bridegroom's voice or we too at the days end will find our lamps with no oil left.  Now again we must ponder: what am I living this life for?  A marriage made in heaven or for me?

Heavenly Father " Open our eyes that we may see visions of eternity."  "Open the eyes of our heart Lord." Let us be about our Father's work with great joy and anticipation of our Lord's return. May our lamps remain full of oil rejoicing in being broken bread and poured out wine knowing full well we are Yours! In Jesus Your Son's name I pray. Amen

love to all in Christ Jesus C:)