God's Measure Of Eternity Series

GOD’S MEASURE FOR ETERNITY

Please open your Bible to 2 Corinthians 5:9 as we begin a new series of sermons, “God’s Measure of Your Life,” with today’s message, ‘God’s Measure for Eternity.’ Everything God measures is for eternity. When God measures your life, it will be for eternity. When God measures your life, He will measure how you lived for Him; He will measure how much you sought His kingdom; He will measure your heart and your desire to reach the destinations of greatness for eternity that He has personally designed for you to reach.

For example, God will measure our lives by our words, our thoughts, our prayers, our fear of God, our obedience to His word, our readiness for His return, and how well we run our race and many others. These are the things God will use to measure your life for great rewards and the immense treasures of heaven. It is my prayer that you will take to heart what you hear in this series, and apply these dynamic truths to your life, so that you are ready for that day when God measures your life for eternity. Let’s stand together and read from…

2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. NKJV

GOD DESIRES TO REWARD YOU

Let’s begin with this powerful thought. It is God’s deepest desire to reward you with the great treasures of heaven. Not only does God love you unconditionally, not only is He building you an eternal home, but God also greatly desires to reward you. I want you to hear that in your heart. God wants to open the treasure vault of heaven and completely empty it out for you. God wants your life in eternity to be full of joy, and full of delight, and full of never-ending surprises. What God has in store for you in His kingdom is so amazing that it cannot be calculated or measured by any earthly standard. Which is why

Paul wrote… 1 Corinthians 2:9… “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” NKJV

The incredible glory and wonder of eternity, is that God wants to reward you with His indescribable treasures for all eternity. We must never forget… that when God measures your life, and He will measure your life… it will be for eternity and eternal rewards of heaven.

One of the great truths about how God measures our lives for eternity is that we must not allow the trials and disappointments of this world to keep us from reaching our divine destination. We must not allow persecution and the suffering we encounter in this world to keep us from holding onto Jesus Christ and His kingdom of glory. Consider this…

Our greatest trials on earth can never be compared to the glory of what God has in store for you in His eternal kingdom. When God measures your life for eternity, He will measure the strength of your faith to overcome the world and its trials and troubles to stay focused on Jesus Christ and His kingdom. That’s why Paul wrote…

2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory… NKJV

God will one day measure your faithfulness to overcome trials. He will reward you with rewards so amazing, so fulfilling and so satisfying, they will far surpass our afflictions of suffering and cause us to forget all the trials and disappointments of this life. And when God measures our faithfulness, may

He find us faithful in holding onto Him and His kingdom.

THE MEASURES OF GOD

Hear this very clearly… God will one day measure your life… God is a God who measures. He is a God who is exact and perfect in all He does. He knows the exact number of stars that are scattered across the heavens and calls each of them by name. His measure is so perfect and so extensive that He knows the exact dimensions of eternity that stretches from one end to the other. His measure is so precise that He knows the exact number of every grain of sand that stretches from shore to shore across the vast oceans of the world.

The measure of God’s personal love for you is so great, that He has numbered the hairs on your head. In Revelation 21, God has recorded the exact dimensions of the New Jerusalem which will soon be our new home.