Like any other race that we have been in.....at the end.
We are not running against each other, but against ourself.
'I believe' that the Prize of the High Calling is God Himself .
'Here I Am folks ...run into Me, I am the Place, I am the Prize, I am your Mansion , your Treasure ...
He told Abraham- " the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. "
We are called as a kingdom of priests.... God said to the priesthood in Numbers... " I am thy part and thine inheritance ......”
'I believe' the Lord showed me this years ago.
I was standing in a meeting and some one was reading from Revelation...but suddenly everyone melted away, and all I heard was "Come up hither, and I will shew thee things...." I heard no other part of the reading that day.
Jesus had many disciples , but only Peter, James and John went " up the mountain" with Him.
I do not like Rick Joiners books much at all. But in The Final Quest (I think it was...) I did witness to his description of entering the Throne Room ...
He came in at the back... it was as though the throne was far in the distance it was so large an area. Some at the back by the door were weeping...he asked them " Why are you crying.".. They answered - "We can hear His voice but we cannot see His face." The angel at his elbow said to him..this crowd here are "the foolish bridesmaids group".
I am sure many of us remember the meeting days when we eagerly sat at the front right in front of the speaker ... one was not distracted there, the anointing was heavier there... At the back were young folk who weren't yet sure that they wanted to be there yet...and young family's distracted by babies etc... There is a difference.
I just know that where His Presence is the strongest...that is where I want to be I "press toward"... to be. Taking carnal risks with my spiritual walk here, is not worth the sacrifice that would come later...
Obtaining? Now that is all with God... as Jesus said to James and John...'that is My Fathers to give. '
I am no Paul...but if Paul ran the race and pressed into all God had for him , how can we do any less?
I believe that in heaven we will all be in the relationship to God, just where we are here in relationship with Him. Sticking close, or seeing how much we can get away with with one foot in each realm.
Salvation is sure...but where we spend it positionally , is decided by our daily choices. We are free...fact. But do we chose to be free to be bound.
Enough... I went on a bit here
I honestly don't see how such a throne room scenario could exist. I don't see it portrayed in the Bible, and the fact is, I ask myself . . .
Will I be more intimate, or less intimate with God than I am now, when I am in my resurrection?
I can't imagine it will be less.
Does a father marginize the son who has greater problems?
Foolish bridesmaids . . . I don't think that's what this parable is about. But that's me.
I don't think God is just about masses of people, and who is and who isn't more spiritually successful. Certainly He will try each of our hearts.
I see God as individually intimate with each of us, and that will only increase into fulness, when I am like Him because I see Him, when the Morning Star rises in my heart.
I don't see that God will leave any of us half broken, partway in and partway out of relationship with Him. Again, that's just me.
Much love!
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