To Live is Christ — focused on revealed truth

My dad once thought that if a moon bow (rainbow at night) ever appeared, that was a sign that the world would end. Then, when the children were small, my family saw a moon bow. The world is still here, more than twenty years later.

My tiny notion about the world ending is that God would bring judgment soon after human beings created a life form. This has apparently happened; it was the headline in this morning’s newspaper. Will the world end soon? My notion could be like my dad’s and be mere speculation. However, the “increasing knowledge” plus earthquakes and other phenomena predicted in Scripture add to the idea that Jesus will return soon. Things could drastically change in the near future.

Even if this down cycle passes, even if the world recovers from its climate changes, economic spirals, and odd weather patterns, I’m turning my heart to the constants. What God reveals as truth is always true. No matter what happens outside my window, I do not have to worry, panic, or even speculate.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:15–16)

These two verses are part of my anchor. I know and have confessed that Jesus is the Son of God. God abides or lives in me and I am firmly secured in Him. I know and have experienced His love. I believe in His love even during those periods of life when it seems that I am not experiencing it. The love of God is who God is, so abiding in that love keeps me secure in Him, no matter what is going on in the world.

Whenever Jesus returns, the love of God keeps His people ready for it. We get whacked about by all sorts of events, downturns, adversities, and other negative situations, but none of this spells the end, because — for those who abide in Christ — there is no end.

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