When I was a kid growing up in church, I used to hear the adults talking about heaven and what it was going to be like when we get there: streets of gold, crystal sea, mansions, no crying or pain or sorrow, worshiping Jesus forever… I mean, great. I like singing… but for eternity?

Confession: I was concerned. I love Jesus but won’t that get boring?

It was such a huge relief to me when I found out that harps and halos are not something scripture promises us for eternity. We will rest from our labour (won’t be tired all the time anymore!) but we will serve God and reign with Christ. We’ll have something meaningful to do, but it will be perfect and restful. I like the sound of that! (Note: I've also figured out that I have no idea what eternity will feel like because it's not something I can fully understand so even if we were hanging out and singing forever, boring wouldn't be a concept either!)

Idleness is not something that we are built for. Unfortunately, we often turn that into chronic busyness but finding our identity in what we do is also not how we were created.
The life of a disciple of Jesus has a similar tension: our salvation isn’t earned by what we do (or don’t do) but there isn’t a category for people who say they believe in Jesus and do nothing. So, what is the work of a disciple? If it's not to earn God's grace, what is it?

I'm looking forward to talking about this with you on Sunday. In the meantime, check out Ephesians 2:8-10, Ephesians 4:11-13, and James 2:14-25!

See you on Sunday,
Pastor Tracy

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