Living for Eternity

 JAN 7 2026  Saints live for Eternity

"The saint can enjoy whatever life brings, knowing he is headed in one direction and one direction only--straight to immortality. When he faces opposition it doesn't shake or move him, because his face is toward the future and he knows his future is bright. God has not only defeated death for him, but everything which harms and destroys. God has promised to lead him ever upward from one victory to another victory. The path of the righteous is a path growing brighter and brighter each day, for each day leads him one step closer to infinity, an infinity of being one with God. To put it plainly, the saint lives in a manner totally opposite of the manner in which the sinner lives. The saint lives for eternity; the sinner for the moment.
    With death out of the picture for the saint, he lives in a way which baffles the sinner. A saint whose faith is real, whose trust is totally in the Lord, behaves as if things which are visible, are not really real. The believer behaves as if invisible things are really real. "If they drop the bomb on us, so what? I'm going to Heaven," the believer thinks. "If the bottom falls out of the economy, so what? God takes care of me," the believer says. "If the world ends today, so what? I'm ready to reign," the believer declares. A believer who lives and dwells in the consciousness of his immortality is not going to allow anything on earth to bother or control him. And even if something does upset him, it's not going to defeat him, for victory is one thing he never questions. He absolutely knows his victory is assured. He may not always feel like living by faith. He doesn't have to feel like it. He doesn't go by what he feels, he goes by what he believes. Feelings are a thing of this life, this flesh, and they come and go, but God is forever. God's promise is forever, his power is forever, and his Kingdom is forever. The saint may feel down, he may feel sad, he may feel forlorn, but he doesn't depend on his feelings. He doesn't give up, become depressed, act rude, grow resentful, or hate others. He simply recognizes feelings for what they are; another result of death and of the fall." --excerpt from my book "Kingdom Chronicles"