The Best is Before Us
There is a great deal of difference between law and grace. . . There is no peace until we see the finished work of Jesus Christ - until we can look back and see the cross of Christ between us and our sins. . .
Then there is glory for the time to come. A great many people seem to forget that the best is before us. . .The kingdom we are going to inherit is glorious: our crown is to be a "crown of glory"; the city we are going to inhabit is the city of the glorified; the songs we are to sing are the songs of the glorified; we are to wear the garments of "glory and beauty". . .
Many are always looking on the backward path and mourning over the troubles through which they have passed. They keep lugging up the cares and anxieties they have been called on to bear and are forever looking at them. Why should we go reeling and staggering under the burdens and cares of life when we have such prospects before us?
If there is nothing but glory beyond, our faces ought to shine brightly all the time.
-From "Peace, Grace, and Glory" by D. L. Moody in They Walked with God; part of The Inspirational Study Bible: New Century Version by Max Lucado
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is unseen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Then there is glory for the time to come. A great many people seem to forget that the best is before us. . .The kingdom we are going to inherit is glorious: our crown is to be a "crown of glory"; the city we are going to inhabit is the city of the glorified; the songs we are to sing are the songs of the glorified; we are to wear the garments of "glory and beauty". . .
Many are always looking on the backward path and mourning over the troubles through which they have passed. They keep lugging up the cares and anxieties they have been called on to bear and are forever looking at them. Why should we go reeling and staggering under the burdens and cares of life when we have such prospects before us?
If there is nothing but glory beyond, our faces ought to shine brightly all the time.
-From "Peace, Grace, and Glory" by D. L. Moody in They Walked with God; part of The Inspirational Study Bible: New Century Version by Max Lucado
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is unseen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:17-18
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