A FULL AND SATISFYING LIFE
My friend was in surgery
and was starting to come out of the anesthesia when she hit a distinct point of
decision. She saw the male nurse walk across the room calling her name. At that
moment she knew that she had the choice to wake up or just let go. Then she
said to herself, “I’m not done yet. God has more for me to do.” And she made
herself wake up.
The word “satisfy” in this
verse means to be fulfilled, to have plenty, to be enriched. Who doesn’t want that,
right?
Where it says God will
show us His “salvation”, it means His victory, His prosperity, His saving, health, and welfare.
God’s welfare plan is way better than any government plan. The older we get the
greater opportunities to experience more and more of God’s magnificence: more
revelation, more wisdom, more understanding.
As we age and continue
to faithfully seek the Lord, there are different levels of glory to experience.
Second Corinthians 3:18 tells us: “But we all, with open face beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same
image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
“Glory” in this
verse means “splendor,
brightness and excellence.” Wow,
what awesomeness to look forward to! More splendor to see in the physical world
God created, splendor in relationships, accomplishments, ideas and so much
more. What about the promise of being able to be brighter?: Mentally?
Emotionally? Physically?
Glory also
means to be more excellent. I think about the Biblical word “dunamis,” which
means excellence in our soul life, i.e. better decisions more of the time, good
moral values, controlling our emotions without even trying, living a more
Christ-like life.
The word glory
also means dignity and honor. As we change from glory to glory, we become more
honorable and our self-view becomes more and more as the Lord sees us, rather
than how we may see ourselves at this point.
Glory also
means grace. I’m hoping as I change from glory to glory, I have more grace and think
more before I blurt out something.
It’s
interesting that glory also means opinion, judgment and view. That changes too.
Our opinions start to change to God’s opinions. We judge not according to
politics or peers but more in line with the Lord’s judgments or lack thereof. Also
our view of things starts to switch from old views to new ones as the Lord
leads us to another level of glory.
And of course
glory also means kingly majesty and the personal excellence of Christ. Honestly,
who doesn’t need lots of years to develop into the Christ-like person we desire
to be—all the time, not just sporadically, or when we try really hard?
I want to live a long life
so I can experience all I possibly can of God’s glory to glory here on earth,
like He says we can.
People in certain church
groups have been taught that 70 or 80 years would be considered a good long
life and they base it on Psalm 90:10, which says: “The days of our years are
threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,
yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly
away.” But if you’ll notice, this Psalm was written by Moses. It was regarding
the Israelites who disobeyed God and their lives were cut short in the
wilderness. Since people in our times have believed this was concerning them,
they’ve missed out on so much wisdom and great insight that comes with the ages
beyond 70 to 80.
Genesis 6:3 tells us God’s
will for mankind’s lifespan on earth after the flood: “Yet his days shall be a
hundred and twenty years.”
God wants us to be
satisfied with a long healthy life, so we don’t have to give up if at 70 or 80
we’re not fully satisfied yet. According to Genesis 6:3 we can certainly live longer,
until we’re totally satisfied.
I want to reveal an amazing
truth about death that many people don’t know. It’s such a great comfort and
will get rid of any fears we may have about dying.
Hebrews 2:9 says Jesus tasted death
for every man: “But
we see Jesus, who . . . by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
The word “taste” is translated
from the Greek word which means “feel, experience.” Since Jesus went through
the physical experience of death for us, and felt it in our place, we won’t have
to. We will never taste it, feel it, smell, see or hear it. Suddenly we will
just be changed. We will be in heaven with Him and go on with our spiritual
life there.
My friend has had three
distinct near death experiences and in each, she never had any five senses
feelings of death. It was always just a decision to live or die, and not based
on any five senses horrible feeling of death. This is documented in the Word of
God. For the believer, death is only a passing from this earthly realm to a
heavenly realm. What a comfort and what a blessing to know that for us there is
absolutely nothing to fear in death! Amazing and wonderful.
But while we’re here on
earth, let’s believe to be Psalm 91:16 people, living a long wonderfully
satisfying life, changing from glory to glory until we are as fully satisfied
and ready to go see our Lord face to face in heaven.
Love, Carolyn
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