Skip to main content

Live Looking Up!


Acts 1:9-11

            When Christ  was taken up into heaven the eleven were steadfastly looking toward heaven as He went up. Then two angels appear and let it be known that “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into Heaven.”  Then they went on. They went on in one accord in prayer and supplication. (Acts 1:14) The rest of the story  is what we are interested in. Looking up is what we are to do with out lives. (Col. 3:1-4)

Christ came to earth to bring grace and truth. (John 1:17) He went home to prepare a place for us, baptized believers. (John 14:1-4)  He is coming back. (Acts 1:11, John 14:3-4, Col.3:4)  Now what? I don’t think we realize this next concept much in our everyday life. There is a life to be lived in between our time of cleansing and our resurrection, or death. For some it could be a day, for others a life time. Sometimes I wonder If God’s children come to worship “looking up” to God and when Christ doesn’t come back they go back to their everyday lives, unchanged. That is not what we see in scripture. In fact, those that have believed and are baptized have work. A work that was set aside for us from the beginning. (Eph. 2:8-10)

The work is supposed to fill our time, lives. This work is what is supposed to be done from the time of our cleansing to our resurrection, or death.  Our mind is set on Godly things. We are to be thinking like He thinks. What does God think? God desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth (1 Tim. 2:4). We are saved when we come up out of the waters of baptism. (Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:1-4: 1 Pet. 3:20-21: Rev. 1:5)  We will not be saved if we do not stay faithful. (Rev. 2:10) God desires all men to come to the knowledge of truth. The truth is what Christ taught, the apostles continued teaching, and what is written down for us. (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:42; 2 Thess.2:15; 2 Tim.3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1 :20-21) That is our job. Obey and spread the word!

When we seek to be about those two things we then begin to walk as Christ walked. (Luke 19:10, 1 John 2:6) Our lives become engulfed in Christ and the Word. Obey and spread the word is easily said. It will take a life time to carry out. Let our lives be lived “looking up” to God as we await His return, or our time in Abrahams bosom.

Live Looking Up!

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Thoughts

Think on what is lovely. Let God direct your mind to what is truly lovely in this world. At the very least that tree, flower, and blade of grass that He made and you saw today is lovely. Let Him influence your thoughts every day until you think on what God considers lovely. Then dwell on those things. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. (Col. 3:16) There will be an overflow of lovely thoughts pour from your mind. Think about how encouraging to others that would be. Think lovely thoughts.
2 comments
Read more

"I Don't Wana Go" :(

Christianity is much more than just Sunday morning. In fact it’s an everyday focus, "pick up your cross daily" Christ said ( Luke 9:23 ).  Because of that everyday race running the assembling of the saints should be what we look forward to ( Heb. 12:1-2, 10:25 ). It's the one place we can be around those we are in fellowship with that are seeking to achieve the same goal, Heaven. A place to be rejuvenated, to mature, and to worship God. A reason why you should be seeking such assembling's of the saints and excited to be a part of it is that there is nothing else like it. You were made one of them when you were immersed into Christ. You live every day without that group at your side. So a few days a week you get to be around the saints ( Eph. 2:19, 2 Cor. 13:13 ). Who see the world the way you do ( Romans 12:2; James 4:4 ). Who live in the world the way you do ( Matt. 5:13-16 ). Who desire to be like Christ like you do ( Phil. 2:5; 1 John 2:6 ). Most importantly ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Your Structure

“But  I  discipline  my  body and bring it into subjection, lest, when  I  have preached to others,  I myself  should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27). It would be best if you worked on creating in your mind mental structures for success. A study was done where  two basketball teams had to shoot free throws. One group went out and shot 100 free throws with something life 30% accuracy. The second group had sat for 30 minutes and visualized making a perfect free throw 100 times. That team went out and shot 100 free throws with 75% accuracy. What is the difference? The mental structure. You can do the same. Paul said, “I discipline my body, I seek to please God.” Just like Paul, we must get in our heads what we will do to be successful in Christ. Work to create Godly mental structures.                          ...
Post a Comment
Read more