Unresolved

"I go to prepare a place for you," John 14:2.

Ever wonder what Jesus is doing right now? I mean this very instant? Sure, you know he's seated at the right hand of God. Scripture asserts this pretty clearly. In fact, you know God has made everything in the skies and earth his subjects. Well, almost. You know sin's been taken care of once for all in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. But its consequences are not quite resolved ... getting there, but not quite yet. You know that death and dying still loom on our horizons. So much the order of the day, that folks talk about death as though it were our friend, native of mother nature's natural grand marvel. (What kind of mother is this?! to deceive that suffering is a wonderful thing? Give. us. a. break!) Anyway. Jesus, now, readies a place for you: He's stripping all rank powers of death. Don't kid yourself. This takes a little while. You know he invites you into this preparation: Fruit of the Spirit. Discipline. Mercy. Endurance. Forgiveness. Panoply of God. Gird your loins.

Jesus working until that last enemy of life, death itself, crumbles into dust under his feet. And then he brings us home, death swallowed up. Pray with a brother or sister today in thanksgiving for Jesus' continuing work, and for our integration with him in it.