SCRIPTURE: 2Timothy (NIV) 4:6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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4:18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
OBSERVATION: In verse 6 above, Paul is ready to die. He is in prison and expecting to be put to death. He is satisfied with the way he has lived his life. Later in the same chapter, in verse 18, Paul is expecting to be rescued. He is not expecting to be delivered in this life, but from this life. His deliverance would not return him to the dusty roads of the Roman Empire, but the celestial streets of a heavenly kingdom!
To Paul, life is one continuum. What started in the womb was continued on earth. What was lived on earth is now continued in heaven.
APPLICATION: Birth was the doorway through which I entered into this earthly life. My life started in the womb and has continued these past 77+ years. Death will not end my life, only this portion of my life. It will be the doorway through which I enter into the heavenly kingdom of which I was made a citizen when I was born again by the Spirit of God.
PRAYER: Jesus, You returned to heaven to prepare a place for me. Someday You are coming to take me where you are! What a day that will be! Amen
Pastor Leon
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