Margaret enjoyed her school days. I did not. So, I truly know what it is to โyearnโ for the holidays. Someone commenting on Job 19 wrote that Job had a โgut wrenchingโ longing to see God. We are going to see Jesus! With our own eyes!
We were meditating on:- Job 19:25-27
โI know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him
with my own eyesโI, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!โ
And we felt the Lord was saying
Truly I live, I who created all things live even now before My people. For I will never die.I see the yearning of My people, and even in these days I will lighten their eyes and they shall be enlightened. For I am coming soon. Foster this certain hope within you, for it will gladden your heart and cause you to run in My ways. For what I have said will surely come about, so live now as seeing Me.
I am your redeemer. I have redeemed your mind, your soul, your spirit, your whole self and that includes your body. Indeed there will be an identity with the body you now have. Your ultimate destiny is substantial, not insubstantial. You will not be a mist but a man. In my resurrection appearances, I made this clear to my disciples. The kingdom that is yet to be revealed will be glorious and I will reign upon earth. There will be no more sorrow nor crying, no more pain, no more sickness, no more disappointed hope, and no more death. For I am alive and because I live, you shall live also. Fix your faith upon this hope. For it is sure, and certain and it is wholly rational that you should yearn for it. Lay hold on this hope set before you.
