God loves being in relationship with us through Jesus Christ and it is His good pleasure to bestow gifts and grace upon His children. However, the goal is not just a good life here. Ultimately, God has invited us to eternity with Him. The writer of Ecclesiastes states it well, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man’s heart,” (Ecclesiastes 3: 11).
In the heart of every person there is a yearning for more because we were made for it and in relationship with Jesus; we become prepared for it. As the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church at Philippi, “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself,” (Ecclesiastes 3:20-21).
Through the salvation-healing work of Jesus Christ, he saves us from our sin and for himself. This truly is the greatest gift.
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Retrieved From: 1James Strong, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, Pg. 880.