Tag: Believer

The New Year

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A.W. Tozerby A.W. Tozer

I do not advise that we end the year on a somber note. The march, not the dirge, has ever been the music of Christianity. If we are good students in the school of life, there is much that the years have to teach us. But the Christian is more than a student, more than a philosopher. He is a believer, and the object of his faith makes the difference, the mighty difference. Of all persons the Christian should be best prepared for whatever the New Year brings. He has dealt with life at its source. In Christ he has disposed of a thousand enemies that other men must face alone and unprepared. He can face his tomorrow cheerful and unafraid because yesterday he turned his feet into the ways of peace and today he lives in God. The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation.

by A.W. Tozer

The Wilderness Of Heaven

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Jonathan Cahnby Jonathan Cahn

The Promised Land is a shadow of heaven. When we speak about going home, crossing the Jordan, or coming to the Promised Land, we’re often speaking about going to heaven. The wilderness is a symbol of the journey to the Promised Land, which is this life right now. The Hebrews journeyed through the wilderness, crossed over, and went into the Promised Land. But actually, there was wilderness within the Promised Land itself. The Wilderness of Judea, the Arabah, the Negev – all these were inside the Promised Land.

So for you as a believer, it means that heaven and this life are closer together than you could imagine. Even in the wilderness, you can live a heavenly life. Even in the dry times, the hard times, and in times of sorrow, you can find heaven. Whatever you’re going through in this journey, God is going through it with you, and that makes it heaven. So learn to live in the heavenlies now. Learn to see the good in all things and to bless at all times. For the Promised Land also encompasses the wilderness and heaven is also in your life right now.

Today’s Mission – Are you in the wilderness today? See God’s Promised Land encompassing you and live according to the heavenly life.

by Jonathan Cahn