Encouragement
Have you ever seen a house under construction? You might see scaffolding, bits and pieces of stuff lying around, maybe a stack of wooden boards or shingles off to one side... and maybe even boards tacked up at an odd angle on the frame, or extra boards cleated onto the roof that don't look like they belong there.
Our lives are like that sometimes. Odds and ends, ungainly parts that seem to be in the way, stuff that hasn't been used... But those materials will be used, and in reality, some of those extra parts are necessary for now, even though they will not be there when the house is finished.
Some boards are helping stabilize the walls until the roof trusses are secured; some are giving the workmen secure footing while they put on the shingles. And do you know, you never see all the building materials there at one time. Only what is needed to be worked with next. There is more coming.
Sometimes construction is halted completely for awhile because some very bad weather is fast approaching - unless there is some interior work that can be done! Someone has a lot invested in the project and will do whatever it takes to see that it is finished properly and on time!
God, also, has a keen interest in us. We are not just a project or an investment, ours is a far more amazing destiny - to be part of Him... one with Him in ways we do not presently even have the capability to imagine. The Bible says "Nothing can thwart Him". Everything was good when He made it, and He will bring all things back to Goodness again. He will not allow it to come to destruction or to nothingness. Nothing will be lost, but the gain...?
What is gained is something far more glorious than could ever have been without this intervening time of suffering, seeking, receiving and being upheld by God's hand alone. This is irreplaceable, and it is said God shall reward us with greater bliss than ever the pain was harmful, and this time of suffering will seem as small as a single point compared to all the vastness of space and the universe, because of the incredible, glorious, vast goodness of God, which we will then be a part of.
God truly is tenderhearted toward us. He actually does feel all the pain of all mankind (and then some), in the person of Jesus Christ. He took it upon Himself, in order to bring it to an end, and so it shall be, when the times will have reached their fulfillment.
Many, many Christians are sensing that the time is near. To some, God is giving visions; to others a calm certainty, and we all look forward to the shout "The Bridegroom is Coming!"
Amen, Lord Jesus. Prepare Your people, and come quickly.
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