10 Reasons to Keep Looking Up

Do you ever get discouraged?  Do you ever get depressed?  We all feel that way at times, because we are human and there are so many pressures in this life.  You have to remember you are not the center of the universe.  It’s not all about you.  Today is a priceless gift so make the best of it.  Stop complaining and worrying and turn to God.  Focus on your successes and accomplishing your goals.  Pray for peace, guidance and strength.  God is always with you and will never leave.  “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am our God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10. 

Maybe you need to take a little Spiritual inventory.  If you have truly been born again through faith in Jesus Christ, you have a lot of things to look forward to.  Here are just a few.

1. You will receive a new body – “In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  For the trump will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” – 1 Cor. 15:52 
2. You will be like Christ, so you will be unable to sin.  “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.  But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” – 1 John 3:2 
3. You will get to know Bible saints, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  “I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” – Matt. 8:11 
4. You will get a custom dwelling place. Every house on Earth requires fixing, but the home He prepares for you will be perfect.  “In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I am going there to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” – John 14:2-3 
5. You will live in a perfect world. What lies ahead is so much better that what exists today.  “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.  I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God …..  He will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away…..”  – Rev. 21 
6. You will never again suffer heartache, pain, death, broken relationships, or the like.  “Never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst.  The sun will not eat upon them nor any scorching heat.  For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water.  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” – Rev 7:16-17 
7. You will see and speak to loved ones who died in the faith.  “Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.  We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.  According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” – 1 Thess. 4:13-17 
8. We all fall in sin daily, but you will fall for the final time.  Rather than falling short, you will fall on your knees in praise.  “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that of the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in the heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” –  Phil 2:9-11
9. You will participate in awesome worship.  “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.  They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.  In a loud voice they sang: ‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!’…….” – Rev. 5:11-12.  “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lame.  They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’.… They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God saying: ‘Amen!  Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!’” – Rev.7 :9-12 
10. You will see God.  “And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. – Job 19:26 “… we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” – 1 John 3:2

So as you persevere, look up to the Lord and remember who holds your hand and that He has promised - “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him…” - 1 Cor. 2:9

Note: This post was inspired by Tony Abram

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