"Be With Me Where I Am"

This morning I was reading a very appropriate verse for today - John 17:24 NIV: “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world."

Some other helpful verses - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV:

[16] "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. [17] For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. [18] So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

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2 Corinthians 5:1, 5-10 NIV:

[1] "For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands."

[5] "Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come."

[6] "Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. [7] For we live by faith, not by sight. [8] We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. [9] So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. [10] For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad."

Yes Lord, I am so encouraged that You have a place set aside for us in eternity.  We do recognize that this earthly existence is just temporary, and what awaits us is eternal.  Lord, I pray that we will let this truth wash over our hearts and souls, that we might rejoice in our eternal inheritance, knowing that You call us to be with You where You are, and some you call sooner than others.