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RAISED UP AT THE LAST

by Jerry Ousley  
1/06/2012 / Christian Living

Why is it that whatever it may be that we are looking for is always in the last place we look? Well, frankly because once we find it we stop looking so - well you get the picture I believe. How often have we watched a movie or program where the star is trying to defuse a bomb? The clock is ticking away and there are only seconds left. Then with one second to go he or she cuts the right wire and sitting on the edge of our seats we wipe a sweaty brow and breathe a sigh of relief. Of course we know that it's just the drama of the show and in real life more often than not it doesn't happen that way, but doesn't it make it more exciting?

I'd say that many of you could relate incidents in which something happened at the last minute. It may not be as dramatic as defusing a bomb but in life it may have seemed just as vital. This has happened to me a few times. I had lost my job and was depending on unemployment as an income. Only there were some glitches that kept me from getting it. It was the end of July when I lost my job and thank the good Lord I had some on the side things going on that brought in some income. But now it was November. Christmas was fast approaching and it seemed as if there'd be no Christmas gifts, or meager one's at best, unless we got a miracle. Then a week before the end of November it happened I checked the status of my unemployment and they had paid not only the week due but all the back pay! God had blessed. I know that some have had nightmares getting unemployment started in this economic meltdown and our prayers are certainly with them. Many can tell much more dramatic stories about things happening at the last minute!

Jesus told of some last minute things in John 6. His exact words were "And I will raise him up at the last day." He said it four times in this chapter. In verse 39 He said, "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day." Again in verse 40 He said, "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." Yet again in verse 44, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day." And finally in verse 54, "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

Just what did He mean by that phrase? Of course we know that those given to Christ by Father God will be resurrected and lifted up when our Lord returns. Those given to Christ by God, of those He will lose none. All who recognizes Christ for who He really is and commits to Him will be at home with Him in the last day. Those drawn to Jesus by the Father will be raised up at the last day. And those who have eaten the flesh of Christ and partaken of His blood in salvation will be raised up at the last day. But there is a bit more.

You see, the term "The last day" could also be interpreted as "the last time" or "the last minute." He is the one who patiently is defusing the bomb that is certain to take us out. He is working to bring us the hope and peace we need. Jesus Christ by way of the Holy Spirit is the One who is finding the last place we will look for those things that we need to spiritually restore us.

We search and don't find. We worry and fret and scheme to relieve ourselves of our plight. We get to the place where we feel there is no hope and our answer may never come. We've been faithful to the Lord and still this has come upon us! Doesn't He love us? Isn't He concerned about us? Has it all been for naught?

Hang in there; hold on; be faithful. He is there and He won't let you down. He will raise you up in the last day and at the one second mark that bomb will be defused. You just wait and see He'll be there for you at the last minute!

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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