“Now
the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the
Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come”
2
Corinthians 5:5
I’ve
been hanging out a lot, as you can tell, in Paul’s two letters to the Church in
Corinth. It’s interesting how He places things in front of you when you are
charged with a task.
In
2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Paul is reminding us of all that we have to look forward
to even when things in this world seem hopeless or at the very least, “less
than appealing”. What’s really cool according to Paul is that God guarantees
each of us, who believe in Him, awesome things to come in heaven by giving
us a down payment..a deposit of the Holy Sprit. The very Spirit that came upon
the first church at Pentecost and the very Spirit that is guiding each of us
right now so that we desire to do the things that His Word calls us to do.
I
mean think about verse 5 for a moment…God loves us so much that He sends His
one and only Son down onto this Earth, to teach and to reach and then die, so that
we can be in Heaven someday forever and THEN.. comes back to life to prove
beyond a shadow of a doubt who He is and THEN.. gives us His Sprit as a down
payment to the unbelievable eternal life in Heaven that awaits us…Wow!! Where
on earth do I sign up for that??!! What on Earth would you want more for your
kids than that???!!
Listen
guys, Never stop praying, never stop reading His Word, never stop teaching your
kids about who Jesus is, what He’s done and what is in store for them when they
believe. Be as excited for that deposit..as excited for that guarantee as you
would be for a Straight A in Math or the winning goal in what ever sport they
may play..Be the Dad that shares “what is to come”….
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