SPRING FORTH NOW 2024

Sunday, July 28, 2024

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.  All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.  “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.  For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’  “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’  “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’  “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.  For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’  “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’  “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’  “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Matthew 25:31-46 (NIV)

As we engage life and everything of life we must remember that All Things Do Change Yet God Never Changes because it will alert us to the fact that all things are God’s creation and everything is evolving for God’s purposes.  In addition, humanity, as the crown of God’s glory, His ambassadors, He created us as His vehicle to reveal Himself; His presence, power, and promises fulfilled.  Thus, we have delegated authority to represent Him, His Word, His promises to and with all of His creation by our being in service for Him; how we treat one another and use what He has given unto us to further His revelation, to Open Up The Way.  In God’s service, as His ambassadors we showcase Him, and in so doing we take Him everywhere, even in our actions, representing Him, and as we do God is with us, and with Him is His reward.  When we are willing to serve God, constantly before Him and in His presence and with Him even all His creation will come into alignment to reveal God, to know God, and to know Him is to have eternal life.