BBD 09.16.05 You Can Have Life
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The Burning Bush Devotional
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09.16.05
You Can Have Life
(Originally sent 04.18.03)
And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of
choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow,
of well-refined wines on the lees. And He will destroy on this mountain the
surface of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread
over all nations. He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord GOD will
wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away
from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken. - Isaiah 25:6-8.
There is a strange thing that I've noticed that ESPN now has on its
channels. It had been several years since I had watched ESPN (sports
channels) and I was surprised that they now show reruns. They rebroadcast
reruns of football and basketball games. I actually watched a game for
almost a half before I realized that I was watching a game played several
years before.
Just like some people like to listen to good music like the golden oldies
over and over again - some people like to watch great football and
basketball games over and over again. Why? Of course for players and coaches
there are many lessons, which they can learn from those games but why do the
thousands of other people watch them? I think it is because the games turn
out the way they want them to. They know how the game ends and even though
there may be some difficult moments for their team they know it all works
out in the end. As they watch the game over and over every play is a
celebration and they enjoy the thrill of victory over and over again.
The way some watch reruns of favorite games because they know how it turns
out in the end we can enjoy life in the same way. We don't have to worry
about whether God will take care of us and whether He will make everything
turn out for our good. We don't have to worry about how life will turn out
because we know what will happen in the end. Since we know the ultimate end
we can enjoy the trip. Since Jesus overcame death we can overcome life. Just
as Isaiah speaks of a great feast of celebration, every day can be a feast
of celebration for us even on those difficult days. Because as the apostle
Paul puts it, ".in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him
who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor
principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height
nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:37-39)."
Jesus came to give us life and to give us life abundantly (John 10:10). He
came to throw off the covering, the veil (or the shroud as it is sometimes
translated) of death. He can throw off the shroud of death that covers all
areas of your life whether it is your marriage, or your finances, or your
habits, or your career, or your relationship with your family, or your
spiritual life. Jesus can give you life because He has overcome death and
won the victory for eternity. As Isaiah says He has "swallow(ed) up death
forever."
Stop allowing the enemy to rule over you! You know the victory has been won
and you know how life will turn out in the end. Allow Jesus to remove the
shroud of death from off your life and give you life, abundant life, life
pressed down and overflowing. I hope you will grab hold of the wondrous
truth and life that Jesus through such great cost has provided for you. And
that life begins the moment we receive Jesus as our Savior. You see it
really does turn out well for us in the end and right now too.
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