FUTURE;
FAITH: EXPECTATION

Now, in conclusion, the Christian’s future is still before him. I will give you time to smile at that, because it sounds like a self-evident bromide if ever one was uttered. But I assure you that it is not a self-evident banality; it is rather a proof that we ought to ponder soberly the fact than many Christians already have their future behind them. Their glory is behind them. The only future they have is their past. They are always lingering around the cold ashes of yesterday’s burned-out campfire. Their testimonies indicate it, their outlook and their uplook reveal it and their downcast look betrays it! Above all, their backward look indicates it. I always get an uneasy feeling when I find myself with people who have nothing to discuss but the glories of the days that are past.

Yes, the Christian’s future is before him. The whole direction of the Christian’s look should be forward.…

Prospect is the word for you and me. Look forward! Look ahead! Live with faith and expectation because the Christian’s future is more glorious than his past!

Luke 9:57–62; Philippians 3:13–14; Hebrews 12:1–2

I Call It Heresy!, 82, 83, 85.