Our Forever.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Our Forever. We see this word used so much today – forever. Best friends use it to describe their friendship. It’s used in toilet paper advertisements. We use it to describe the long drive through line at our favorite fast food place, even. It’s used so much around us, have we begun to forget what it means?
I think one of the reasons so many of us have such a hard time accepted and believing the “forevers” of God’s promise is simple: so many “forevers” in our lives have fallen through. Just think about it: “BFF” doesn’t usually last forever. That toilet paper roll that will last “forever” eventually runs out. The long line for our hamburger will eventually end. Even the institution of marriage in our society rarely lasts “forever,” and if it does that forever is only as long as a lifetime. And so when God says that something He’ll do for us is truly forever, our vision of forever is tainted a bit.
But just consider for a moment a few of His forevers. “I’ll never leave you nor forsake you.” That’s forever. “Lo, I will be with you even to the end of the world.” That’s forever. “No height, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God with comes to us through Jesus Christ our Lord.” That’s forever. “God so loved the world that HE gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” That’s forever. And when God says something is forever, mark it down: He’s never broken a promise in His eternal existence.
But there’s one more “forever” that’s worth noting, I think. “It’s appointed to every man once to die, and after that to face the judgment.” The consequences of the choices we make in life are forever, especially the one choice of what we’ll do with Jesus. God did what had to be done to take care of our huge debt of sin – He sent Jesus to be the sacrifice for us. Our sin is paid for by His blood. Forever.
The question today isn’t “Has God done enough?” The question is, “Have you accepted what He’s already done?” You see, we are all forever beings. We will, beyond any shadow of any doubt, live forever – somewhere. The choice is ours where. The Word says there are two destinations: heaven, for those who accept what Christ did, and hell for those who don’t. This place called hell was never created for us, but rather for the devil and his imps. But we can go there if we reject Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf.
Human forevers are rarely true. God’s forevers always are. Which do you choose today: forever paradise or forever torment? Please choose the first, by asking Christ to forgive your sin and be your Savior and Lord. He’ll be with you forever. And that’s a promise you can count on. That's a forever that truly never ends.


That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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