At Home
With The Lord
For we know that if the earthly tent
we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed
with our heavenly dwelling – if indeed, when we have taken it off we will not
be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, longing to be
clothed with our heavenly dwelling – if indeed, when we have taken it off we
will not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan under
our burden, because we wish not be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that
what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who had prepared us for this
very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
So we are always confident; even
though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord
– for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would
rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Paul affirmed that the Lord alone is
the source of immortality. He is everlasting in His Character and actions. For
human beings, death is universal, inevitable, and ultimately leads to judgment.
This is all a result of our sin, and it can be countered only by the redemption
through Jesus Christ. Through His resurrection, Jesus broke the power of death
and showed humanity the way to immortality.
Our response to our mortality should
not be to preserve our physical bodies, but to be ready for our own death by
receiving the gift of eternal life in Jesus.
Where will you
spend eternity?
Our Daily
Bread – April 14, 2007