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Daily Bread

Our Goal is to Please Him

Date: Feb. 28, 2016

Passage

2 Corinthians 5:1-10  (ESV)

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 5:9

First, our heavenly dwelling (1-5). Our bodies and lives in this world are like an earthly tent. Tents are temporal. They can be destroyed. But we Christians have an eternal house in heaven. We groan and are burdened in our mortal bodies. We also long to be clothed with our immortal, heavenly dwelling. Because the Risen Christ defeated death, we, too, are victorious. God has given us the Holy Spirt as a deposit, guaranteeing this sure victory over sin and death.

Second, live by faith and please Jesus (6-10). Paul was confident that as long as he was in his body in this life, he was away from the Lord. That is, by faith, Paul knew that one day he would forever be in the Lord's presence regardless of what he was experiencing in the present. Therefore, his goal was to please Jesus. Our goal should be the same. One day everyone will stand before Jesus to give an account of how he lived in his earthly tent.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the promise of the resurrection body. Help me to live by faith and make it my goal to please you in all things.

One Word: Make your goal to please Jesus

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