“Thus far the LORD has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12)

If you’re saved, your Life began when you gave everything to Christ. Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the land, on the sea, in honor, in dishonor, in perplexity, in joy, in trial, in triumph, in prayer, in temptation, thus far the LORD has helped you!

You look down a street lined with trees where the leaves create a beautiful green tunnel.
As you look to the light at the end, you feel small, and have a sense you’re in a temple built by God, and that temple is your life. God’s been with you through every trial  “thus far”. You remember the painful events when He helped you and the joyful moments as well.
A wave of emotion sweeps over you, as you realize you’re standing in a moment in time, and wonder if you’ll remember this when you come to the end of your existence on Earth. It seems as though you’re standing on the edge of eternity, and even if God took you today, you’d be satisfied, because God is with you, and there’s no fear or doubt, just God. You wonder if this is how it will be in Heaven, being only aware of the now, and the presence of God.

A car drives by and awakes you from your dream. But God’s still with you, and you hope you’ll always be just as aware of His presence as you are now. You have a deep peace about the ultimate reality…Christ IN you, the Hope of glory.

Yes, there will be more trials, joys, temptations, triumphs, prayers, toils, strength, fights, victories; and then come sickness, old age, disease, death, but it doesn’t matter, because you know that you know that you know, God will be with you like He is now, even if you’re not aware of it. And then it hits you…“faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Your faith is what links you to eternity, and nothing can take that away from you.

This will be your “Ebenezer”, a memorial to the faithfulness of God.

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