Salvation

Salvation.

As Christians it is the ultimate prize that we pray about. The salvation that brings us eternal life in God's Kingdom when our time comes. 

I can only imagine. Eternal life. In the presence of our Savior, our God. To approach the Throne of Grace and be granted forgiveness for my sins. To live in the bright white light of glory and salvation.

Only thru his death did Jesus give us this path to follow. This light to guide us. And only thru him can we attain this glorious promise.

"He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved." -acts of the apostles, 4:11-12

Will I stand in your presence 

or to my knees will I fall?

Will I sing Hallelujah

or will I be able to speak at all? 

I've often wondered - how will Jesus recognize me? Not me as a human being or me as a Christian but me as in - me, myself. 

How will he know I'm his follower, that I love him to the depths of my heart? I know God knows all but when the time comes - how does he know that I have followed him, done my best to be what he wants me to be?  This...is how. Because Jesus tells us:

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

- the gospel of john 10:13

I am his. And he is mine. 

I am his.

This is the promise of our salvation.