December 10, 2024

December 10:  An Eternity of Bliss.

Knowing We Have Not Worked in Vain.
It is by your holding fast to the world of life that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.--Philippians 2:16, NRSV

ALL WHO HAVE BORNE WITH JESUS the cross of sacrifice will be sharers with Him of His glory.  It was the joy of Christ in His humiliation and pain that His disciples should be glorified with Him.  They are the fruit of His self-sacrifice.  The outworking in them of His own character and spirit is His reward, and will be His joy throughout eternity.  This joy they share with Him as the fruit of their labor and sacrifice is seen in other hearts and lives.  They are workers together with Christ, and the Father will honor them as He honors His Son.--The Desire of Ages, 624.

The redeemed will meet and recognize those whose attention they have directed to the uplifted Saviour.  What blessed converse they will have with these souls!...

What rejoicing there will be as those redeemed ones meet and greet those who have had a burden in their behalf?  And those who have lived, not to please themselves, but to be a blessing to the unfortunate who have so few blessings--how their hearts will thrill with satisfaction!  They will realize the promise: "Thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just."--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, 311, 312.

                                            They shall be called, "The Holy People,
                                                    The Redeemed of the Lord";
                                              and you shall be called, "Sought Out,
                                                         A City Not Forsaken."
                                                                                          --Isaiah 62:12, NRSV