The Eternal View of Living

There has been many days of pondering these last few weeks in my own heart. One thought that has been stuck in my head was shared while listening to a sermon from Ravi Zacharias. He quoted C.S. Lewis, "You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You have a BODY."

This little thought has been nagging at me for some time now. A thought of truth. Lewis was completely right in what he was saying. Lewis is reminding us that God has created us for eternity.

Lewis is only stating what God has revealed to him through scripture and natural inferences from living.

Jesus reminded his Disciples several times, Matthew 10:28 comes to mind. Our physical body can be harmed by physical things, our judge is God in heaven who can do both destroy the body and Soul.

Curious...

He also is the Light of My Salvation. He is my only true life.

I am inching my way to understanding his living in me as he teaches me a way of living, truly living. Not this breathing, heart beating type of living. But the kind of living that keeps my eyes eternally in perspective.

I have a body. My silly body with all its quirks is not the part that was dead. I was the one that was dead. Dead, walking around in this body. Acting the fool in my own life, or better yet lie.

I praise Christ my salvation from my mortal self. Paul in Romans 8:10 reminds us, "But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness." 

I am alive not by my own doing but wholly through the work of Christ. He is my life. Igniting my zeal- much deeper and stable than my passion.

Reminded by David that God is the one that lifts me. Psalm 27. 

Lift me up LORD establish me in your INTEGRITY,

Take my faults and use them for your GLORY,

Ignite in my Soul the zeal for how you are HOLY,

Thank you for the memories of this body and the grace you have given me. 

The death of this body is once but my life with you is eternal my glimpse of you is beautiful. 

Continue to teach me- as stubborn and slow as I am. 

Amen