"for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
He endured the Cross for the joy set before Him.
If only we could get our hearts fixed on that same joy...
If only our souls longed for more than this world's comfort, ease, and happiness...
If only our minds understood the eternal joy being offered us...
If only, then maybe we would seek after that which Christian sought in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress
"an Inheritance, incorruptible, undefiled and that fadeth not away; it is laid up in heaven, and fast there, to be bestowed at the time appointed, on them that diligently seek it."
What if today, as we celebrate the Resurrected and Eternally Glorious Jesus Christ, we really fixed our eyes on Him? And as we did, what if the things of this earth really did grow strangely dim, just like the hymn says they will? And as they did, what if they then so easily slipped from our grasp in order that we might grab hold of that eternally joyous inheritance? And as we did, what if we find the glory of it all so incredibly beyond worth it?
O dear friends, let's celebrate Him on this happy day, and let's fix our eyes on Him all the more as we go forth from it. Let us behold Him in all His risen glory, and hope in the day when, by His grace, we are raised and glorified with Him.
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