“Eternal Life = Knowing God …
The kind of ‘knowing God’ that is eternal life is an interactive relationship where I experience God’s presence and favor and power in my real life on this earth.
To know God is to live in a rich, moment-by-moment, gratitude-soaked, participatory life together.
To know God means to know myself as his beloved friend as a gift of grace.
To know God means to know what Paul called ‘the power of his resurrection’ (Philippians 3:10) in the details and tasks of my daily, ordinary life.
This is eternal life. It is not something far away in outer space that we can only hope to experience after we die.”
—John Ortberg in “Eternity is Now in Session”
My prayer this week: Thank you that I don’t have to wait for heaven to experience eternal life with you, God! Help me recognize the joy of eternity in my life right now by knowing you and knowing you better.
