💎Permanent? No Way💭

 This world is not my home I’m just passing through my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. 

Hebrews 13:14 (KJV) For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come

We don't have a permanent city here on this earth, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.  Pie in the sky you might say. Oh no Jesus made a promise to His disciples in John read it for yourself chapter 14 John 14:1 (KJV) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

John 14:2 (KJV) In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

We have no continuing city. What does that word continuing mean?  “To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time indefinitely.” What we have here will not last; oh don’t misunderstand me, I’m just like you. I want to say I have paid my last house note, my last car note and any other note I might have. That’s not my real goal in life is to say that I don’t owe anyone anything. Yes I need to take care of my family to the best of my ability and provide for them the best I can. I should never forget that this is no continuing place. Just as I have prepared for the here and now I too need to prepare for the here after. Jesus said He was going to prepare a place and this place is not in Hawaii or some other place but it’s a place of no return. A place where there is no sickness a place where we will never grow old. Wow what a place and it is a place of no return. We will not be coming back here to this place but we will not get there by accident. Oh no we should already know where we are going  1 John 5:13 (KJV) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. See this external life don’t just sneak up on us no more than the house you and I live in. We must understand that where we are now is NO continuing place. One day it will end and then what? Years ago there was this ball park franks commercial. It started off with 3 men in the backyard grilling Ball Park Franks. They were talking about baseball records. One of them said something about a ball player that had the record for something as he talked with his friend. His friend said are you sure? His friend said I’m 99.9 percent sure! Their other friend said this “if you don’t know, you don’t know.” One must be 100% sure not 99.9% sure that's not sure. John said we can know 100% now that’s being sure. My dad when he was dying said that I would like to see my grandchildren married and meet their wives. I would like to know my great grandchildren but that’s not going to ever be. What did he mean? Well first of all he realized that this place is no continuing place. What else? He was prepared for the continuing city that was to come but he loved his family and wanted to see them grow.  I couldn’t blame him I want the same but this is not a continuing city.