March has been a crazy time for our community as a whole and me personally. March has included two trips to San Antonio, a stop in Galveston, a cruise to Mexico and Honduras, and to a preaching conference in El Paso. With that busyness has come so much good, state championships, quality time with loved ones, and precious time in the Word.
While on our cruise to Mexico, the weather was a bit bleak for the first few days, it was cloudy and rainy. This weather put some members of our traveling party in a bit of a grumpy state, fair enough, when booking a trip to the Caribbean you expect sunshine and fair temperatures. Yet my father-in-law had a different outlook, “This just means more time to play card games together” or “Let’s go watch one of the shows on the ship” he would say. He was looking to make the best of the trip and be joyful overall.
So often in life we miss this mark, to be joyful – even though we are called to rejoice in Christ (Phil. 4:4). It is a hard calling, we all have plenty of trials, losing loved ones, losing jobs, broken friendships, poor decisions, etc. On top of the trials, life often gets busy, the world stops for no one. We all kids to focus on, spouses, birthdays, work, etc. Life can be full of toils that all pile upon another.
However, we are called to be joyous in the face of life, just as my father-in-law was joyous in the face of poor weather, why? Because we can look forward to the glory that lays ahead in Christ; and this Easter should magnify that hope.
Nearly 2000 years ago Jesus Christ was delivered to the cross as the sacrifice for our sins and through his death imputed his righteousness back unto us (2 Cor. 5:21) – restoring our relationship with the Lord, bringing us the hope of his glory.
Paul writes in Romans 5:2, “Through him [Jesus] we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”
As the weight of life adds up, the busyness carries on, take a moment this week to look to the glory of our Father that we have received through Christ. What a glorious and amazing wonder we get to celebrate daily because of the work of Christ. Rejoice in Christ now and forever.
-Slade Knowlton
While on our cruise to Mexico, the weather was a bit bleak for the first few days, it was cloudy and rainy. This weather put some members of our traveling party in a bit of a grumpy state, fair enough, when booking a trip to the Caribbean you expect sunshine and fair temperatures. Yet my father-in-law had a different outlook, “This just means more time to play card games together” or “Let’s go watch one of the shows on the ship” he would say. He was looking to make the best of the trip and be joyful overall.
So often in life we miss this mark, to be joyful – even though we are called to rejoice in Christ (Phil. 4:4). It is a hard calling, we all have plenty of trials, losing loved ones, losing jobs, broken friendships, poor decisions, etc. On top of the trials, life often gets busy, the world stops for no one. We all kids to focus on, spouses, birthdays, work, etc. Life can be full of toils that all pile upon another.
However, we are called to be joyous in the face of life, just as my father-in-law was joyous in the face of poor weather, why? Because we can look forward to the glory that lays ahead in Christ; and this Easter should magnify that hope.
Nearly 2000 years ago Jesus Christ was delivered to the cross as the sacrifice for our sins and through his death imputed his righteousness back unto us (2 Cor. 5:21) – restoring our relationship with the Lord, bringing us the hope of his glory.
Paul writes in Romans 5:2, “Through him [Jesus] we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”
As the weight of life adds up, the busyness carries on, take a moment this week to look to the glory of our Father that we have received through Christ. What a glorious and amazing wonder we get to celebrate daily because of the work of Christ. Rejoice in Christ now and forever.
-Slade Knowlton
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