Counsel #6 — A Far Better Future
Picture: Counsel #6 — A Far Better FutureCFL 16.1
Have the pandemic years and subsequent times been difficult for you? Have you been impacted by isolation, job loss, illness, fractured friendships, financial challenges, divorce, loneliness, or other stressors? Is it difficult for you to even imagine a positive future?CFL 16.2
To be honest, our only hope for the future is in a relationship with Jesus—a close, saving, very personal relationship with the One who can promise us a future with Him, without disappointment and hopelessness.CFL 16.3
This dying planet is not all there is, thankfully!CFL 16.4
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20 NKJVCFL 16.5
“Heaven could no longer appear to [the disciples] as an indefinite, incomprehensible space, filled with intangible spirits. They now looked upon it as their future home, where mansions were being prepared for them by their loving Redeemer.” Ellen White in Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1054CFL 16.6
Reflect: What motivates you to spend your future with Jesus?CFL 16.7
