“Seeing Into The Future” Easter Sunday

Shad Khan paid $760 million dollars investing in the Jacksonville Jaguars. He has continued to invest in his team by finding players who can turn losses into wins. He’s also put up the largest flat screens in the world at the EverBank Stadium. Now in the works is his proposal to develop the Shipyards putting more than $1 billion in improvements!  That’s a man seeing into the future.

Steve Jobs became discontent with the technology available to him years ago. Because of his discontent, millions today own an Iphone, Imac, Ipod, Ipad, Itunes. Now, millions are considering the purchase of the New Iwatch. It all started with a man seeing into the future. What he saw has turned into a $727 billion dollar business known as The Apple Corporation.

Michelangelo had an incredible gift with a paint brush creating beautiful drawings on the cathedral ceilings in Italy. He hung many hours each day suspended 75 feet in the air painting beautiful images of Christ and other Biblical characters. One painting took him 4 years! Historians claimed for years that he used dull colors. Later, leaders decided to clean up those ceilings. They then realized the wax candles had developed a “soot” on the paintings. When the paintings were cleaned with a solution, they realized the paintings were bright, bold and beautiful colors.

At times, life has a way of giving you a false assumption that Christ is dull, boring, and lifeless. You may have developed that assumption because of someone you know in the faith. Possibly some preacher who is dull and boring in their walk with God. Maybe you got that assumption from your own upbringing in church. Paul declares, “Satan is the god of this world, and has blinded them that believe not.” Jesus is bright and bold and His beauty is greater than any words can describe.

On this Resurrection Day, I must report to you that Jesus Christ is anything but dull, dry, boring and lifeless. He is omnipotent which means “All Power”, He is omniscient which means ”All Knowing.”, And He is omnipresent which means “He is Everywhere all the time.” Right now He is at work in China, Honduras, Africa and around the world. He is the One who gives Life, Peace, Joy, Purpose, and prepares men, women, boys and girls for eternity.

On May 9^th, 1980, a 600 foot cargo ship hit the Skyway Bridge in Tampa Fl. A strong storm and fog hindered the captain from seeing where his vessel needed to be in the channel. Thirty five lives went off the edge of that bridge and into eternity. Knowing where the channel is located is critical.

If nobody’s ever told you, Jesus came to “Build a bridge” that will never give out so we can make heaven our destination. That bridge was built through His own Blood, Love and Mercy. It was also built through His Sacrifice that He paid on the cross. There never has been a greater love or investment that He made for your eternity. Choose today to see into your future what He sees for your eternity. Will you allow Him NOW to OPEN your eyes and see His great plan of Salvation through His Mercy and Grace? “I am what I am by the Grace of God.”