Here’s my whole life in a nutshell…
For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
~ 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
I turned… in repentance and faith, from sin’s doom to Jesus. It was an awesome day. It was in my past and it solved my past so that my past will never come to hurt me for all of eternity, and neither will my present or future failures once they are in the past either. I turned… it’s in the past.
I serve… the living and true God. That’s my life. I’m bound to Him because of the awesome work of grace He has done in my life. What else is there to live for, really? I’m His, bought with a price, and He is mine, pledged to me and guaranteed by the downpayment of the Holy Spirit in my life.
I wait… for His Son from heaven. Death is momentary and God’s wrath toward me has been extinguished by the very blood of Christ. So now I wait. He’s coming. You may or may not believe it, but you’ll believe it when it happens.
