September 7
The erudite Christian speaker, author, missionary and evangelist of the Twentieth Century, Derik Prince, said something quite profound. Of course, he said many things that we would do well to heed, but this one is, I believe, his most memorable quote: “God will not sacrifice one moment of eternity for all of time.”
In a nutshell, Prince is saying that there is nothing that allures man, nothing that he longs to achieve, nothing that he desires to possess, that God considers to be worth one nanosecond of the glories He has prepared in Heaven for those who love Jesus and who lay their lives at His feet.
Though we suffer the loss of all things, though we attain no goal the world considers to be worthwhile, though we may be forsaken by family and friends who do not understand our commitment to the Kingdom of Christ, yet we will be most blessed of all men, for we are heir to the treasures of eternity that He desires us to possess.
The Apostle says in II Peter 1:3, “God’s divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.” Yes, Jesus gives us all we need to equip us for reigning eternally with Him—and that is far greater than any enticement that Time may hold out to us.
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