Permanence

Brandi and I have had the privilege of praying with Jill a couple of times this past week, and we continue to have faith for healing.  This situation reminds me of the spiritual battle that we face every day.  We are guaranteed victory because we are gaining more of God, and He is refining us to be pure and holy like Him.  We are becoming more and more substantial as we climb the mountain, as CS Lewis describes in The Great Divorce.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."

Hebrews 12:28‭-‬29 NIV

We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. ... For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

Hebrews 13:10, 14 NIV

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16‭-‬18 NIV

Father, though we begin this journey as combustible as wood, you are faithfully petrifying us with your self.  We are being transformed and preserved with your permanence.  As we consume the bread from your altar every day, we are nourished by your Word, the Lamb of God, the Manna from Heaven.  I want to walk in eternity now, revealing the reality and presence of your Kingdom the way that Jesus did.  Holy Spirit, I want to keep pace with you today.  I love you.