1 Ki 13-14; 2 Chr.12; Phil.3;

1 Kings 14:12-13
When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good.

Maybe I have been contemplating future with God more lately because of my friend I was writing about last week. Or maybe I have been thinking about it more because of my age. Either way I find in theses scriptures some interesting statements that I want to put together. First I notice Gods view of saving the boy “the boy will die … because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good”. I was thinking the opposite save the boy and kill the rest but God sees the blessing for the boy to take him home that he (the boy) will be in paradise instead of corrupted by the family of Jeroboam. God sees that as a reward, not a curse. Last week Rick spoke of a woman in the body that was ready to go home to be with the Lord and how she was actually angry she woke up from the operation. She wanted to wake up in the arms of Jesus. One day she will and what a day that will be for her. Paul says in Phil 3:8-9 “What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him”. Me to, I look forward to the day. As for now I want to claim (as maybe the boy did or as the woman Rick spoke of would say) as Paul did “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord”

May God bless you and your family and keep you focused on the future with Him and in the mean time on the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord”

Pastor Jack


Next reading 1 Ki 15; 2 Chr 13-14; Phil. 4;