Part 19 We would see Jesus Part 4 Seeing Jesus in everything

Part 19 We would see Jesus Part  4

Seeing Jesus in everything

Colossians 1:16	For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17	And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

Before all things; before time, before space, before night or day, before time or creation had begun there was but one thing; a pool of blood, a snow white lamb cold and dead.

Revelation 13:8	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
	World - Gk 2889. kosmos, the universe

Out of death came life; the universe came into existence and continues to exist because of the lamb slain before the foundation of the universe. The seed that fell back in an existence without time became the life, the very substance or matter of all things both in the visible universe and in the invisible kingdom of spirit.

The apostle Paul said no one lives unto themselves or dies unto themselves; Romans 14:7 Every death is a process of change. Death from the beginning has been the source of life.

This is one of the most fundamental realities of life the very foundation of all that exists

Metamorphous has always been the process of change.

The caterpillar is transformed by giving up its little grubby life in order to be free and fly.

You have to loose to gain, give to get die to live.  In the days that lie ahead, death is going to be everywhere; we must not be fazed by this. We are going to see ever increasing occurrences of plagues catastrophes such as earthquakes, tidal waves roaring, nuclear exchanges and chemical warfare. The bible indicates that before Jesus returns the earth population will be reduced by two thirds. In the midst of all of this carnage we are told to LOOK UP for profound change is coming Luke 21:28.

Isaiah 6:1	In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
3	And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!"

How could these angels say the whole earth is full of His glory? In a world of misery, war, bloodshed and treachery, how could this be?

It all depends on where you are looking

The glory of the Lord is all around us we must take time to stop and look. I have conducted over 200 weddings and dedicated countless babies and buried well over a hundred people. I have held babies as they died encouraged teenagers as they passed from this world into the next, in this continuous cycle one thing I have learnt in this process of living and dying is that ……..

Death is but a graduation a metamorphous a new beginning

The next decade will be both frightening and glorious, frightening to those who only see death and destruction, but glorious to those who see life, transformation, hope and glory.  Why am I writing like this? Because we need to be prepared to face the next few years with hope, and like the angels seeing the earth full of glory. God will transform death and destruction into unbelievable glory and wonder, in the mean time stop and smell the roses, the Lord is seen in every flower every bird every tree and most of all in every Christian, without his life and glory in all things they would cease to exist.

Take time look, see, smell, feel, wonder, slow down.  Church life can often be hazardous to your health, slow down, busyness does not necessarily equate with fruitfulness often it produces baroness.

This is a time of change

In one way or another for us all, this is a time of new beginnings, grasp the moment turn every negative, every tragedy, every death in a glorious new day, grieve if you need to but bring the grieving to an end and begin a new day. All things are working together for good to them that Love God and are called according to His purposes.

Time is short

The best years of your life can be ahead of you if like Paul you forget the past and press on to the mark the prize of the high calling. Time is running out your grandchildren are the last generation.

Revelation 10:6	And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Your time is now and it soon will end for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, as the world begins to spiral out of control the glory of the Lord will increase, as your eyes and mind are opened to see the purposes of God and the wisdom of God the growing darkness will be light to you.

Isaiah 60:1	Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2	For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Trust the Lord for He doeth all things well even we understand it or not.

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

As we move through the next few years in a world of destruction and death see Jesus see His wisdom, His purposes, His compassion, and the seeds of life being sown. He doeth all things well, God will turn all tragedy into Glory every abortion will result in more being added to the Kingdom, Satan cannot win whatever he does God turns it into redemptive purposes.

George Matheson the famous Hymn Writer wrote a hymn which portrayed the redemptive purposes of God in the midst of trouble

Oh Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O Light that lightest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to Thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day, May brighter, fairer be. O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to Thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain, That morn shall tearless be. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from Thee; I lay in dust life’s glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be.

God Bless youN Johnson © October 2006