looking at life

"There is a way of looking at life, and those who discover it are able to live from the heart no matter what." John Eldredge

How true this is. This goes along perfectly well with learning to be human. How can we be human no matter what? How can we be a restored human among a fall humanity? How can we live from the heart? This is part of what John Eldredge discusses in his book Walking the Dead. I am by no means attemping to cover all of what John Eldredge wrote but I just want to begin this discussion.
When we work for the Lord it is not in vain. Our walk with Him isn't in vain. Our journey with God to be the person He wants us to be is not in vain. The struggles and trials we face on the journey isn't in vain. I hope you are getting the point. I also hope that you get how big this is. Everything we do will be affirmed. It isn't useless. It is for a purpose. Maybe the Apostle Paul could shed some light on the subject for us.

"Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain... But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep....then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death." (1 Corinthians 15:13,14,20,24-26)

There is so much in this passage some of which I have already blogged about but I wish to point out a few other things here. Our faith, our walk, our preaching, and our living from the heart, would all be in vain, if there was no resurrection of the dead. Jesus who was the first fruits and then we are to follow.
So what? What's the point? Allow the apostle to explain himself.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

Yes! This is what we have been waiting to hear, "Our toil is not in vain." Everything we do is in preperation for the day when God restores all things including our physcial bodies. The way of looking at life is looking to the resurrection of Jesus and our own. Look and see what Christ has down for us. He died and rose again. We have died and and have been raised to new life. But this isn't just something that happens in the future. It has already begun for those of us who confess Jesus as Lord. What a glorious time when our bodies our transformed and we live in a transformed world. Lets prepare for that, remembering that our toil is not in vain.