The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…
“Good News From a Far Country”
“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country” (Proverbs 25:25).
The news is indeed good from the “far country” of the throne of grace as this day begins. The tomb of the Lord Jesus Christ remains empty, He continues to occupy His Heavenly throne, and no foe can or will usurp His Lordship.
“He is not here, for He is risen, as He said” (Matthew 28:6).
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1)
“Jesus Christ is Lord” (Philippians 2:21).
Come what may, either in our personal lives or the world at large, the greater truths that relate to our risen Lord Jesus occupy the primary place in our hearts and lives. We may not always remember the truth, and reminders will often be required for every believer in this present world that “lieth in wickedness” (I John 5:19). However, the eternally abiding fact of Christ’s person and work applies to every moment, circumstance, condition, and situation. He is who He is. He is what He is. He is where He is. Amid triumph, tragedy, or the mundane, the Lordship of our risen and seated Savior serves as reality and “good news from a far country.”
The Scriptures, read, pondered, and remembered, bear witness to such blessed truth. Never does the Word of God sugarcoat the immense challenge of living in a fallen world. “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22). Never, however, does it fail to bear witness that “in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (Romans 8:37). It cannot be otherwise, considering who, what, and where our Lord is as the crucified, risen, ascended, and reigning Christ. Let us apply the truth to the blessings, challenges, and moments of our present lives, and indeed, of this moment. The news is good from Mount Calvary, the empty tomb, the throne of grace, and the heart of the risen Lord Jesus. As it will forever be for those who have trusted our Savior is who He is, and is where and what He is.
Sometimes it seems that the enemy of our soul wins
over and over and over again.
But if we could see the Truth much more clearly, my friend,
we'd see Christ triumph over death, hell, and sin,
over and over and over again…
Over and over and over again.
The tomb is empty, the throne above occupied.
For Christ is risen again, from death glorified.
So remember when hot, stinging tears fill your eyes,
the triumph He's shone so many times in our lives,
over and over and over again…
over and over and over again.
Forever draws nigh, we will be with Him there soon, my friend.
The trials of this life will be gone when we're with Him in Heaven.
Glories we'll see, majesty without end,
that sing the glad hymn, Christ is risen again,
over and over and over again…
over and over and over again.
“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”
(II Corinthians 2:14)
Weekly Memory Verse
By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.
(John 13:35)
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