Keep on celebrating....

Since we started our teaching series in our church about how Jesus showed us agape love I’ve been meditating on celebration. I’ve been thinking about Revelation 21:1-4, and I’ve been trying to imagine the incredible celebration we will have when we, the people of God, are altogether with Him in a creation that he has made completely new.

But I’ve also been reflecting on how we need to anticipate that time by celebrating the goodness of God now. His Son died and rose again for us, his Spirit empowers us everyday. We need to learn to give thanks for all the good things he provides for us, because then we will be people who will have our eyes up, looking for the doors He opens for us because we want to keep celebrating his glory. It’s a thought that I’ve been desperate to share with anyone who will listen to me this week….

But I’ve been gripped by a connecting though this week. Psalm 138:8 tells us The Lord will fulfil {his purpose} for me; your love, O Lord, endures for ever— do not abandon the works of your hands. Often during hard times we cry out to God for help. I know I have – and the truth is that God is continually faithful to me. He has never, ever failed me and I don’t expect him to, in fact I expect him to be continually faithful to me. Cry to him and he will not abandon you.

But then what? If I’m honest I move on and forget to acknowledge his faithfulness. I’ve just assumed he’ll be faithful, so when he does it’s not something I mark. I wonder if this hurts God (Malachi 1:6). And I wonder if I’ve missed a chance to share with those around me the goodness of God, missed a chance to celebrate. And I wonder if this helps contribute to our heads being pushed down to view focus on our troubles rather than raised towards heaven.

Comments

[Ryan Dunne]

Cool blog gordon, and I enjoyed last night's deeper (despite being an anlgo-catholic annihilationist :-) ).