We conclude our series on Psalm 16 by considering the Christian's hope as it is laid out in verses 10 and 11. We look forward to our resurrection bodies and the pleasures we will enjoy in the beatific vision – when we gaze upon God in glory.
When the Christian Hope of heaven and the enjoyment of God is our hope, we begin to enjoy the blessings of our future inheritance in the present.
Your present state does not give you any choice but to hope or long for something better.
in Christ, life is good and productive, and death is transformed into gain. In Christ, we’re given a new commission to live for the one who died for us, and new confidence to die for the one who lives for us.
Jesus has taught us to pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” because these are the things that he wants his disciples to love and prioritize.
In prayer, we’re raised up into conversation with Him – with the invisible, eternal inventor of galaxies and subatomic particles.