Our life story unfolds as we sojourn this place we call home, not yet with our Father: “Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:6). But God created our spirit for eternity in glory, not this place. In the presence of our Lord, heaven is the true home for born-again believers. That’s why Paul wrote he was willing to be absent from his earthly body to be present with the Lord (v. 8).
Because God created all humanity
to spend eternity with Him, He wants all people to repent (2 Peter 3:9).
The choice to say Yes to God’s offer of salvation through the blood
sacrifice of Jesus is ours to make, but we must decide before we draw the last
breath in this perishable body. When God pens the final word, and the book of your
earthly story ends, you open your eyes in heaven with God, His angels, and other
believers who accepted His Son as Savior and Lord, or hell with Satan and his
followers. The opportunity to edit your life expires with your final breath. Paul
was confident a heavenly home awaited him and was ready when God called him. When
death comes, where will your glorified, eternal story continue?
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