So it is with you and me. Today we are wandering in our land of promise as in a strange place. But it is a land that one day will be ours in the fullness of joy. Our body in time to come will bring us fullness of joy because it will be an integral part of a whole personality characterized by iron righteousness, fiery holiness, and stern obedience to the Father.

In order to gain the creation made different after this fashion we must be willing to suffer the loss of all things today. We have this one chance in eternity to gain the fullness of the Glory of God. We are called to be the brothers of Jesus Christ, made in His image, coheirs with Him of the nations and the farthest reaches of our planet.

He (or she) who overcomes will inherit all that God envisions. God will be his Father. He will be God's son. What marvels! What a future glorious beyond all glory! What a stupendous canvas, a tapestry threaded with gold and adorned with pearls and precious stones. All this is ours, and we belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Let us therefore cease clutching the present world as though the flesh counted for something. It doesn't. It is only a device to be used to bring into being a new world in which dwells righteousness, a world in which there never again will be a rebellion such as took place among the angels in eons past.

God has kept the good wine until now. The best is yet ahead. The kings from the east are preparing to ride. The drums of Hell are beating to the attack. So are the drums of El Shaddai. The great banners with the ramping Lion are being unfurled. Michael and his angels are polishing their spears, the points glittering as far back as the eye can see.

The white stallions are pawing the ground. They can hear the shouting and the thunder of the commands of the captains. The creation is on tiptoe awaiting the revealing of the sons of God, the judges of men and angels.

Know that the present world will pass away. Know that when the titans from the heavens meet in the fury of battle your little fleshly existence will not have the weight of a grain of dust in a galaxy. Apart from the Life of Jesus Christ you are facing nothing but chaos.

But in Jesus Christ you can sing and dance in the heights of Zion.

What is it going to be for you? To clutch your pitiful rags and hope the Bible is untrue, or to open the door of your personality to the King of all kings and let Him come in to you and dine with you on His own body and blood, on the blood of the covenant, on eternal life? God will never open the door of your heart. You have that awesome privilege. I sincerely hope you make the most of it.

Let us pray.

"Dear Jesus, we gladly give you all we are and possess. Come through the everlasting doors of our heart, great King of glory, and claim what is your own.

In Your name we pray.

Amen." (from From Life to Death to Life)