Read Matthew 24.32-44
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"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." There is a permanence to Jesus that
transcends all that we can see, and even what we cannot. In the middle of his discourse on the coming
end of the age, and the judgment of all over which he will preside, Jesus makes this statement about the
eternal nature of his witness.
We tend to assign permanence to things which are transitory. Sometimes we assign permanence to these
things (or even people) because we hope that they will be anchors for us - things on which we can depend
for security or even identity. In our Western culture, we tend to assign such value to the things which we
accumulate. Yet we know that even the most sturdy of buildings will someday need shoring up, and the new
car we bought last year will need replacing sometime in the future.
Amidst all the changes and insecurities of life, we are encouraged by the Lord to depend upon Him, and Him
alone. When the New Heaven and the New Earth come to be (Revelation 21), it is the Lord Jesus who will be
the light by which we see. We will need neither lamp nor sun, so John's vision tells us.
On what or whom do you depend for security and strength? Consider whether you may put everything (and
everyone) else behind your dependence on the Lord, and live according to His presence and His promises.
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