Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
November 15, 2022: SOAP #4730: Job 41, 42; 2Corinthians 1, 2

SCRIPTURE:  2Corinthians (NIV) 2:21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

OBSERVATION:  The Holy Spirit is a deposit guaranteeing what is to come!!!  I have never known the deposit to exceed in value what is coming.  If the Holy Spirit is the deposit, it is hard to imagine what the full inheritance will be.  One may sing “I can only imagine” but I am thinking it will far exceed our imagination! 

APPLICATION: When I am going through good times, I must remind myself that what is coming is “better by far!” 

When I am going through hard times, I must remind myself that what I have is only a deposit on what I will receive in His presence!  

When I am enjoying the presence of the Holy Spirit in my heart, I must remind myself that this joy is only a deposit on what is coming! 

When the Holy Spirit opens my mind to understand the Word of God, I must remind myself that the moment I close my eyes in death will be the most eye-opening moment I will ever have experienced!  

What fellowship I enjoy with the Holy Spirit here on earth; so what will it be to walk with the Holy Spirit through the courts of heaven!  

PRAYER:   Lord, with your promised Holy Spirit, I know the best is yet to come!  I know heaven will be worth it all!  Amen

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