My sin earned me nothing but death.  I coveted no lasting relationships, enhancements, allegiances, improvements or trust.  Nothing good ever came from any of my sins, except that it made me eligible for Christ’s offer of forgiveness, redemption to God and eternal life.  If by my acceptance of that forgiveness and pardon for my “sentence”, I agree to live an entirely different life, as a new man, what then are the implications if I continue on the same sinful path sans course correction?  What then does it say about my belief in that sacrifice if I lack obedience to direction or evidence of belief?  Does it diminish Christ’s surrender to God’s Hand of Judgment or perhaps does it nullify my access to aforementioned absolution?  If I truly believe that my sin earned me a death sentence, and I truly believe that Christ sacrificed His perfect life as ransom for my crime, would I not demonstrate requisite evidence of said belief via transformation through my future actions?  Have I determined to remain earning nothing for my continued sin, remaining in my original position?  Or have I been transformed into a new man, freed of the sentence for which I received pardon?  What is the price for backsliding, is it perhaps nil and only effectively mentioned to increase financial deposits or renewed vigor in service missions?  These submissions remain inconsistent with the warnings of Jude, James, Paul and other Apostles as to the costs of falling away from faith.

Does my imagination count?  Paul said that none of us can comprehend what awaits us through Grace in Glory.  I imagine that Adam had significant authority as he was tasked with naming all the animals and tending God’s creation in the garden.  My mind causes me to speculate if he even had the capacity to communicate and direct the animals.  What then are we to do in our tasks for the Lord throughout eternity?  Am I to be placed in charge of gardens on many planets, tending God’s creation as we were once originally intended?  You see Paul’s comments sponsor this type of grand speculation.  What does await us in eternity?  The Lord has always had purpose and intention for each of our lives, shall eternity be different?  In His plan I have always had a job to perform that fulfilled my spirit and utilized my specific talent for His Good Glory.  What then shall be my purpose in God’s New Heaven and New Earth.  I certainly do not wish to be sitting around strumming a harp, sitting on a cloud counting millennia, unless of course that is the job God has planned for me.  What then am I living for in this short but important life?  Am I looking forward to my place in eternity or am I attempting to capture legacy and glory on the practice field, before even entering the commencement of the “real” game?

Does what I do here in some measure limit the spectrum of options available throughout my place in eternity?  I won’t comment on that but I believe you may find evidence to support this concept, crowns, mansions, contact with God, etc.  I do not live for the accolades of glory but I know that we serve a God who loves us and remembers our fealty.  Spending eternity with God is enough for me, but I also know that He has always had a plan for this life, I have to assume He has one for the next.  Paraphrase from Proverbs; It is the nature of God to conceal a thing and the nature of kings to figure it out.  I delight in what God has waiting for us in heaven, I rejoice in the comfort that I will spend eternity with the faithful, free of sin, intimately acquainted with God.  That is what keeps me going through the storm, knowing that He has this all figured out and that somehow I am part of the winning team.  Rejoice in God through salvation in Christ Jesus.  Find joy and peace in kinship to Christ.  We have won by His victory over sin and death on the cross.  Rejoice, I say rejoice.  Thank you Jesus.