Day 434 Looking To The Future

Did you know that the entire Bible is looking toward the future?  No matter how far back you go, everything in it points to the future.  At times, past events may be retold in order to impress on us what not to do and how to plan and conduct our future, but everything is geared toward the future.

Read the entire 53rd chapter of Isaiah.    If you study the Old Testament carefully, you will see that over and over the sriptures are pointing toward a future Messiah that can only be Jesus.

"But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed."   Isaiah 53:5

In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of His future, of His death and the resurrection that is to come.   His disciples teach of His future return.  Lessons are given that tell us how to let go of whatever is holding us back in the present so that we can go into the future with the confidence of eternal life with that one true Messiah.  Even Revelation, that many consider the end, is only pointing to the future.

"I am coming soon.  Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.  He who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God..."  Revelation 3:11.12

I know well that in the midst of the battle against cancer, in the midst of pain and nausea from the chemo, it is often difficult to look to the future.   And it isn't just cancer warriors who get bogged down in the "right now" but people suffering from a whole variety of circumstances.   But if we study His word continually as God commands us, we can be refreshed and reassured in the knowledge that we have a future.  We are given a platform from which to proclaim His goodness and we are given an assurance of a future life free of pain and nausea and secure in His loving arms.  How blessed we are to be counted as one of his beloved children.

Precious Lord, Jehovah Rapha,
Thank You for giving each one of us a future that we can look forward to.   It is only through the study of Your word that we can impress upon our spirit that today is only temporary but the joy of life with you is everlasting.
Thank You for giving every person fighting the enemy cancer a glimpse into their future, one free of pain and sorrow and an eternal future spent loving and being loved by You.
Thank You Father.  Thank You.
These things we pray in the name of our precious Lord and Savior, the one true Messiah, Jesus Christ.
Amen