The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Luke 8:1,
"Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God."
When Jesus Christ came on that Christmas morning, he did not come to bring peaceable relations between nations, but to provide mankind with a way to have peace with God. When Jesus Christ came on that Christmas morning, he did not come to remove sickness, disease, infirmity and physical death from mankind, but to provide mankind with a way to resurrection into eternal life where there will be no more tears, no more death, no more mourning, no more crying, no more pain. When Jesus Christ came on that Christmas morning, he did not come to fill our purses, bring us affluence, to improve our standard of living, but to provide mankind a way into his kingdom, where riches, "eternal pleasures" at God's right hand (see Psalm 16:11), happiness and fulfillment in life await. A paradigm shift of life is on the horizon! When it arrives it will be said, "The old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4.
The message Jesus brought to planet earth was the message of a coming kingdom, the Kingdom of God. This kingdom will be on the order of a "paradigm shift" in life. You might be poor in this life, you might be hungry. You might weep in this life and you might be hated. You might be excluded in this life, insulted and rejected. But that is in this life. A new kingdom is coming!
You might be rich in this life, you might be comfortable. You might be well fed and you might laugh. You might be well spoken of in this life. But that is in this life. A new kingdom is coming! A paradigm shift of life is on the horizon!
No matter our station in life, no matter how blessed or miserable we consider ourselves in this life, a paradigm shift in life is on the horizon! That is the consideration of utmost importance in this life, will we be blessed in the resurrection or will we be the objects of woe? Our station in this life will not dictate what eternal life will look like for us. Only through Jesus Christ can we insure we will be blessed in the kingdom of God.
Jesus Christ said, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." God is building his kingdom! He also said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
May all of us find ourselves fulfilled in what Jesus had to say, "Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven." Luke 6:23.
A paradigm shift of life is on the horizon! God is building his kingdom!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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