More to Come
I saw it on an empty shelf in a store. The merchandise that usually filled the shelf was sold out. In its place was a sign that said, “More to come.” This was a promise that the empty shelf was only a temporary condition. There was more to come, it would be full again.
“More to come” was an assurance that the emptiness would not last. This is nice if you are looking for a book in a bookstore. But what happens if it is your life that suddenly has a gaping empty spot? Where is the promise of “More to come” when death takes a loved one? Where is the hope of “More to come” when a crazy disease steals your future? Where is the desire for “More to come” when divorce devastates your marriage? Life events like these often leave us feeling empty and thinking that there cannot possibly be any “More to come.”
Yet, in Jeremiah 29:11, God says “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out. There are plans to take care of you, not abandon you. There are plans to give you the future you hope for.” Now, can you hear the laughter of children and the birds singing? That is God’s assurance that life will go on. Take a deep breath, do you feel the air rushing into your lungs? That means you’re still alive. If you’re still alive, take the breath in your lungs as God’s promise of “More to come.”
Now, God never promised His children that every day would be good. But if we trust Him, we will find that every day God is good. As a child of God, we have only seen the beginning. We don’t know how we will end up! Our eyes cannot see, our ears cannot hear and our hearts cannot understand God’s fullness for His children. We know that faith is the essence of things hoped for and the certainty of things not seen. It is our faith in Jesus that fills our empty hearts and guarantees us that there is “More to Come.”
“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
Revelation 21:1-5 NKJV
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Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
“Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.”
John 10:7-11 NKJV
