So Will We

DEVOTION
1 THESSALONIANS
SO WILL WE
1 Thess 5:8-11
9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
NIV
I cannot imagine just way that wrath is, but I know one thing for sure I do not want anything to do with it. And I praise God this Easter Sunday morning that I do not have to have anything to do with his wrath because I have received salvation trough my Lord Jesus Christ who took my sins and died and was buried and this day is the day to celebrate. For I do not serve a dead savior, but a risen Lord and Savior who not only took my sins but defeated death as well. He has risen, he has risen indeed! My Lord not only rose from the grave but he ascended physically into the place called heaven. He is back where he started from and that brings so much hope for me. There is a place where my Lord is and therefore when he comes back for me, I too will be in that place. What a glorious day that is going to be, when my Jesus I shall see. To live for all eternity with Jesus in the presence of God the Father is almost beyond my wildest dreams. Yet I can picture it all because he took John there and gave him that vision to record for me to be able to grasp the greatest of it. God does not want me to me ignorant about this place. He wants me to know how wonderful it is going to be for me to be there. What a loving, caring God. I also am so impressed with the fact I will be with all my friends as well. Those who have gone ahead and those I will also precede in the journey will be there with me. My family, my wife, daughters, son in laws and granddaughter I now have will someday be there with me also. It is so comforting to know God saw fit to use me to begin this family of believers. I may not know just how many more will someday be there but it will be one great family reunion in the presence of God. To hug my older friends, what A glorious day it will be indeed. He has risen and so will we.