"TEXAS FOREVER"
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness."
Francis Chan
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“TEXAS FOREVER”
by Alec Brown | Member at Redeemer
I’ve spent the last few days in Texas. If you know me at all, you’ve probably heard me say something like, “Texas Forever,” “Whataburger is the greatest establishment on the planet,” or “what do you mean you’ve never been to a Buc-ee’s?” Texas is the greatest place in the world. It’s Heaven on Earth.
And it was in saying those exact words for the 7,964th time in my life that I felt both a gentle conviction and reminder of the Holy Spirit: Texas isn’t Heaven on Earth, Texas is Texas and Heaven is Heaven.
I love Texas so much I moved there two years ago, hoping it would cure multiple problems my flesh and sin had created. Spoiler alert: no matter how great the food and people there are, Texas didn’t cure anything. It didn’t make me whole. It didn’t heal wounds. The only cure to our brokenness is the Cross.
God is an indescribably holy Heavenly Father. 1 Corinthians 2:9 tells us: But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him." Paul goes into great detail in Revelation 21 describing what Heaven will be. No more weeping, no more mourning, no more death. It is the Paradise Jesus invited the thief on the cross next to him to join in.
Texas is an amazing place. So are beaches. Libraries are great, and so are golf courses. Concerts and sporting events are incredible, but the event inevitably ends. Those “Heaven on earth,” places are not inherently bad, but the vacation high always goes away, and we are left wanting more. They simply can’t provide the fulfillment, answers, healing and joy we are looking for.
Church, cling to the cross this week, and to the promises of our Father, that what he has in store for us is beyond any place here and beyond our wildest imagination.
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