IDENTITY
WITH CHRIST; ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

We who are involved in the upward gaze of this long-range faith identify ourselves with Jesus Christ forever! We are satisfied that God is at work. We are satisfied to be misunderstood for Christ’s sake. We are willing to be treated as the minority, for the people of God are always in the minority in this earthly context.

Our true identity is with Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. We have taken His cause as our cause. We have taken His way as our way. We have taken His place as our place. We have taken His future as our future. We have taken His life as our life. We have taken the long look of faith to the day of His triumph, and we know it will be our triumph as well.…

Men and women committed to long-range faith can die with blessing and satisfaction even if they have not received the fulfillment of the promises. They have confessed themselves to be strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Their waiting is blessed because it is a waiting on God.

John 15:18–21; Colossians 3:1–4; 2 Timothy 1:11–12; Hebrews 11:13–16

Jesus, Author of Our Faith, 63, 64.