Do you know God? Do you know where you’ll go when you die?
These are two of the most important questions we can answer. The way you choose to live your life reflects your answers.
Why is it that non-believers are always so freaked out about things? The environment…sickness…what others think and do…etc.
If you have no hope for eternity, then you will live in panic and grasp for control today.
Look at this scripture…
It was time for supper and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given Him authority over everything and that He had come from God and would return to God. So, He got up from the table, took off His robe, wrapped a towel around His waist, and poured water into a basin. Then He began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel He had around Him. John 13:2-5
This is so breathtaking.
Because Jesus was firm in His identity… and because He knew from where He had come and to where He would return…his response to knowing so much pain and suffering faced Him…was choosing to wash feet.
This convinces me more than ever that we must be so confidently tethered to our eternity with God that we live our lives with the same confidence.
Truly knowing who we are and Whose we are creates humility in our hearts and quiet confidence in affliction.
We can only live life with intentional humility when we understand eternity. Honestly, at this point in my life, I wonder how many people are truly saved. I know a lot of people say they are, especially here in the south, but most don’t really act like it when courage and humility are needed.
Ask yourself, do I truly know that I know that I am saved? Do I know that I will spend eternity in heaven?
If you answer adamantly yes to both questions, then I encourage you to ask God to give you the confidence and humility to walk out your days on earth more like Jesus.
Remind yourself of this when obstacles come your way. Think about this when you need to choose humility. We are not meant to be of this world. We come from this world. We live in this world. But we are not of this world.
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