Brown's Daily Word 1/26/15

Praise the Lord for this new day and a brand new week. He blessed us in His house yesterday. Praise the Lord for the joy of worship and witness. Praise the Lord for the joy of fellowship. Praise the Lord for the joy of service.
  One of my favorite German preachers and theologians is Helmut Thielicke . Helmut Thieliccke in the very last paragraph of his autobiography, Notes from a Wayfarer, wrote, "We are certainly guests on this beautiful planet. Wayfarers, on call under sealed orders in which the day and hour of our departure were recorded. Our departure is certainly not easy…The lifespan that has been allotted to us is only the advent of a still greater fulfillment."
Then he closed: "The land to which we are going is terra incognito, an unknown and inconceivable land. In that land there will only be one voice that will be recognized. It is the voice of the good shepherd." Forever exists for our continuous union, for there never will be separation. Forever exists in order that death might die.
I love one of the Southern Gospel Hymns which goes like this: "We meet to part, but part to meet when earthly labors are complete. To join in yet more blest employ, in an eternal world of joy." The song continues: "but part to meet, when earthly pleasures are all complete, to join in yet more blest employ, in an eternal world of joy."
One pastor has said, "Eternity and forever exist so death may have a funeral". Forever exists so we can enjoy God. The Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1674 asks: "What is the chief duty of man?" The response: "To glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." John Piper said, "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him." Forever is going to exist for believers to enjoy God. Forever will exist in order for time to be erased. "When we've been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we first begun."
Forever is for God to put Himself on display. We don't have enough time in this life to see God on exhibition; we are only here 60, 70, 80 or 90 years. Eternity will exist to showcase God in all His beauty. After we have been there 100,000 years and we look at God for all those years, we will understand just a little more about His love. After a million years, we will understand just a little more about His grace. After a billion years, we will understand a little more about His mercy. In other words, God will keep showcasing, de-layering and revealing Himself so you and I will be able to have a greater adoration for the God we worship and serve.
"Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne; Hark! how the heav'nly anthem drowns all music but its own: Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee, And hail Him as thy matchless King Thro' all eternity."
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58 In Christ, Brown http://youtu.be/-XKxqqhOgVM