Matthew 28:20 “…I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
God’s people live in a hostile world—one that causes us to question whether there is any righteousness to be found. Although scripture designates all believers as “pilgrims,” the sights and sounds of our present surroundings often tempt us to feel as though we are sojourning alone. Yet, these are but feelings. A whispered betrayal of the truth that Jesus Christ is with us today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter, until we finally enter into His glorious kingdom, wherein God’s righteousness reigns.
There is a future day when Jesus will no longer say, “I will be with you to the end of the age,” for that age has no end. We shall be with Jesus throughout all eternity! Dear Christian brother and sister, I pray that you ache, as I do, for the heavenly abode of which we’ve read and dreamt of, whose builder and maker is God. But we are not there yet.
While we do not belong to this world any longer, we belong in this world and remain here by the will of the Lord. Each of us must be faithful to fulfill all that the Lord has appointed, and not lose heart in standing for what is good, righteous, and true. Let us spend ourselves and be spent, for those things that are of God and His kingdom. For soon, dear fellow pilgrim, we will be home where we truly belong, and hear, “Welcome, thou good and faithful servant.” Until then, Jesus will carry us through to the end.
– Pastor Jack
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