Three Reasons Why Tomorrow Helps Us Live Today
What drives you out of bed
in the morning? Your child in the other room? The thought of freshly brewed
coffee? A time clock? A to-do list? Chores?
As believers, we have a more compelling reason to fully live today.
We’re on a timeline.
Christ is coming back, and His return is closer today
than it was yesterday.
“Now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.” (Romans 14:11)
His return gives us perspective.
No matter how much we are blessed or how many trials we endure, this life isn’t
all there is. We can hold everything we own in an open palm, because we don’t
know when it will no longer be ours.
Knowing tomorrow is coming helps us live today with an open palm.
His return gives us hope. Sometimes hoping for the thing we’re waiting for brings as much pleasure as the
thing itself. The truth is, there is a set time when Jesus will come back for
you and me.
Knowing tomorrow is coming helps us live today in expectation.
His return gives us strength.
Life can be overwhelming. Some days, the thought of pressing on is as hard as the
pressing on itself. When we have perspective and we have hope, we can do that thing
one more time, because we know we won’t have to do it forever.
Knowing tomorrow is coming helps us live today as if it’s the last day we will have to live.
What should be our first
thought when we wake up?
We’re on a timeline.
And Christ’s coming is
closer today than it was yesterday.
“The Lord
Himself will descend from heaven with a shout
. . . And
thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
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