Promise of Life

When we struggle with the difficulties in this life, remember that the best is yet to come.

When we give our lives to Christ there is a promise of life that we get to experience. When we are united with Christ, life takes on both immediate and eternal dimensions. Paul's use of the phrase, "the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus," can apply to the life that Jesus give immediately to those who trust him, as well as to the life fully realized in eternity.

On one hand, Paul said, "If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). So a new life begins at conversion. Yet on the other hand, we "wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our own bodies" (Romans 8:23). The present experience we enjoy provides a foretaste of our complete redemption at Christ's return. That is why we need to remember that the best is yet to come.

If you are going through something right now I hope you're encouraged. I am struggling with things right now and knowing that the best is yet to come is all I needed to hear. When I was writing in my journal earlier, I asked the question, "is the best really yet to come?" That is just where I am right now. Then I read 2 Timothy 1 and the very first verse talks about "keeping the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus." So yes! The best is yet to come.

That isn't just for me, it's for you as well. As believers the best is yet to come for all of us because we aren't in heaven yet. That is what the best will be. If you are having doubts like I was, really dig this into your mind and heart. You haven't gotten to experience the best things in this life yet, but you will. If you think you already have then you are wrong because the best is yet to come.

A good friend of mine sent this text to me last night and I hope it's as encouraging to you as it was to me.

God says, "It is time to shift your sense of worth from your performance to your position. You are my son. You do not have to perform to be somebody; you already are a somebody in my eyes."

There is a great promise of life through Jesus Christ and because of Christ you are somebody. You don't have to prove that to anyone because God knows and that is what matters above all else.

Keep on persevering every day because you are somebody and the best is yet to come.