Renewal
“ If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.” — Job 14:14-15 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, Job asks a question that we know the answer to, “If someone dies, will they live again?” We know that in You, we will live again! Isaiah 26:19 answers Job’s question clearly, “But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise—let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy—your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.” I know that when this life is over, I will live again. Even though my days contain hard service, I will wait expectantly for my renewal to come. I know that I will be renewed fully and completely when I come into Your Kingdom, “the renewal of all things” (Matthew 19:28). But I also wait expectantly for You to bring renewal to me and to Your Church. I believe that as soc...