What’s in the Box?

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God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!

 

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

God has something stored up for you in heaven, where it will never decay or be ruined or disappear.

You have faith in God, whose power will protect you until the last day. Then he will save you, just as he has always planned to do. On that day you will be glad, even if you have to go through many hard trials for a while.

Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns.

1 Peter 1:2-7

The excitement of Christmas gift giving is trying to figure out what is in the box that sits under the tree with your name on it. You can eliminate many things that might be in the box because it is too small to hold them. And of course the weight of the box tells you lots about what it could be. But you never really know until Christmas morning and you open the box containing your special gift.

The anticipation of Heaven is much the same. God has something stored up for you in Heaven that will never decay, be ruined or disappear. On the day you open that gift you will be glad.

Children love to think about and look forward to Christmas morning. And followers of Jesus love to think about and look forward to that Eternal Morning in Heaven.

In verse seven of 1 Peter chapter one we really are told what is in the box. It says that "you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns." Let that truth "go to your head." And remember your Head is Jesus!