He Puts A Little Of Heaven In Our Hearts So That We’ll Never Settle For Less

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Ruth 1; Ruth 2; Psalm 53; Psalm 61; 2 Corinthians 5

He Puts A Little Of Heaven

In Our Hearts

So That We’ll Never Settle For Less

Scripture

2 Corinthians 5

The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.

^6-8 That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going.  But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. 

Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that’s what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. (MESSAGE)

⁵ This is what God himself made us for. And he has given us the Spirit as the first payment to guarantee the life to come.

⁶ So we always have confidence. We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord. ⁷ We live by what we believe will happen, not by what we can see. ⁸ So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.  

⁹ Our only goal is to always please the Lord, whether we are living here in this body or there with him. (Easy To Read Version)

Observation

God has given us a little taste of Heaven by allowing His Holy Spirit to live in us. So no matter what our conditions are here on earth we make it our goal to please Him. (Eddy Paraphrase!)

I love 2 Corinthians 5!

Here is one of my favorite verses in this chapter, 

 ^“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 2 Corinthians 5:20  

 Application

I will strive to please God and be the best ambassador possible for Christ that I can be. How about you?  

Prayer

Heavenly Father, Thank You for giving us Your Holy Spirit. We already get to experience a taste of Heaven right now and it gives us the desire for what is in store for us in the future. Help me to be the best Ambassador that I can be. Help me speak clearly on Your behalf.

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