The LORD your God is giving you a place of rest.
Joshua 1:13
Our promised land isn't a physical territory; it is a spiritual reality. It's not real estate, but real state of the heart and mind.
It's a life in which "we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us"
A life in which "we do not lose heart"
A life in which "Christ's love has the first and last word in everything we do"
A life in which we are "exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation"
A life in which we are "anxious for nothing",in which we are "praying always", in which we "do through Him"
In God's plan, in God's promised land, we win more often than we lose, forgive as quickly as we are offended, and give as abundantly as we receive. We serve out of our giftedness and delight in our assignments. We may stumble, but we do not collapse. We may struggle, but we defy despair. We boast only in Christ, trust only in God, lean wholly on his power. We enjoy abundant fruit and increasing faith.
We live the promised land life.
Max Lucado の 「God Is with You Every Day」より
天国に憧れていますか？
私はとっても憧れています。
行くのが待てないぐらい。
だから、この地上で、私を中心した半径のいくらかが、天国のようであればいいなっいつも思っています。
それは、本当に難しく、なかなかうまくいきません。
私を中心とした半径のいくらかが、地獄のようと、誰かにささやかれている可能性もなきにしもあらず・・・、です。
でも、私を中心とした半径の０ミリが天国のようであることはできるはず。
だって、聖書がそう約束しているから。（ローマ3:38&39）
目指せ、地上の天国！