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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
God - the eternal one
God—the Eternal One
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 21:33
Eternity has always fascinated people. We instinctively know that we are created to live eternally. No one wants to die. No one wants to disappear. No one wants to be insignificant. No one wants to think of himself as a mere coincidence, a purposeless, trivial being or an animal without a soul. We know that we are created for something more, something higher. God created us in His image. He placed in each of us abilities, characteristics and qualities that long to be expressed.
The Creator placed His creative genius in us. But even more so, He created us for all eternity. He, the Eternal One, created us to live and have fellowship with Him, eternally. Every person has a deep need for fellowship. People’s endless search for relationships proves this time and time again. In its deepest sense, this longing for relationship is a need for God. Jesus says in John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Eternal life is not merely an endless time period but a quality of life, a deep, intimate relationship with the Eternal One. Jesus calls this abundant life.
This abundant life, or ‘zoe’, only comes from the Eternal One. From Him life flows into us when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. This eternal, abundant life comes from the Spirit of God who comes to dwell in our inner man when we are born again. The born again experience ushers us into supernatural fellowship, an abundant life, that endures past death and throughout all eternity. It endures forever. It is for this we have been created, and if we miss this, we miss everything, no matter what great things we might accomplish in this life. Eternity is the perpetual, eternal beginning that never ends but only increases in glory.
PRAYER
God, I praise You that I will spend all eternity with You. Let me help as many others as possible to spend eternity with you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 21:33
Eternity has always fascinated people. We instinctively know that we are created to live eternally. No one wants to die. No one wants to disappear. No one wants to be insignificant. No one wants to think of himself as a mere coincidence, a purposeless, trivial being or an animal without a soul. We know that we are created for something more, something higher. God created us in His image. He placed in each of us abilities, characteristics and qualities that long to be expressed.
The Creator placed His creative genius in us. But even more so, He created us for all eternity. He, the Eternal One, created us to live and have fellowship with Him, eternally. Every person has a deep need for fellowship. People’s endless search for relationships proves this time and time again. In its deepest sense, this longing for relationship is a need for God. Jesus says in John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Eternal life is not merely an endless time period but a quality of life, a deep, intimate relationship with the Eternal One. Jesus calls this abundant life.
This abundant life, or ‘zoe’, only comes from the Eternal One. From Him life flows into us when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. This eternal, abundant life comes from the Spirit of God who comes to dwell in our inner man when we are born again. The born again experience ushers us into supernatural fellowship, an abundant life, that endures past death and throughout all eternity. It endures forever. It is for this we have been created, and if we miss this, we miss everything, no matter what great things we might accomplish in this life. Eternity is the perpetual, eternal beginning that never ends but only increases in glory.
PRAYER
God, I praise You that I will spend all eternity with You. Let me help as many others as possible to spend eternity with you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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