HUMAN GLORY FADES Friday September 25, 2015
Text: 1 Peter 1:24 – 25 Memory verse: v 24
Peter
quoting Isaiah 40:6 – 8, reminds Christians that everything in this life –
possessions, accomplishments, people, etc, will eventually fade away and
disappear. All are transient. As the grass and wildflowers bloom for a season
then wither and fall, so all of this life is transitory in nature; it will pass
away. Only the word of the Lord will last forever. He clearly stated that they
would face suffering and persecution, but that would be only temporary. The
word of the Lord was the Good News that had been preached to them and it is
good for eternity.
Here
is a big challenge and warning for us. Many of us work for human glory at the
detriment of our salvation. We seem to loose focus on the fact that we are
strangers and foreigners here. This truth should not elude us. In as much as we
need some of these things to live well, they shouldn’t become barriers to our
relationship with and worship of our God.
Food for Thought: Depending on life that is transitory is vanity
Prayer: Lord, help me to see life on earth as transitory and
never to rely on it
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