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Reading for December 11

The Glory that Awaits

by Dave Quintana - Servants of the Word

If our hope and our eyes are truly set on heaven, on that kingdom which is to come, then we too can say with Paul that "these present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that awaits us". As a friend of mine put to song, "brief life is here our portion, short sorrow, short lived care". What a great perspective for the true believer in Jesus to have and to live. Life here really is short. Life here really is temporary and passing away. Life here is "in part" and "incomplete" and "profoundly lacking". It is filled with pains and sorrows and sufferings. But I've got good news for you—this is all nothing compared to the glory that awaits! Do you believe that? Does that all-important truth invade your daily existence? Are this life's pains and sufferings transformed for you by the glory that awaits?

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. Rom 8:18-21 NIV

Daily Meds from the Q Source
by Dave Quintana, published by Tabor House, 2012

Dave Quintana's daily meditations and Bible readings to stir our minds and kindle our hearts in 2013. He explores themes important to all who search to be wise men and women in the Lord, and provides a wealth of personal experience from living and ministering in Central America, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Expect to be challenged. Expect to be inspired. Expect to meet the living and loving God. 

Dave Quintana is an elder of the Servants of the Word, a missionary brotherhood of men living single for the Lord.

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