"THE BEST IS YET TO BE"

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“THE BEST IS YET TO BE”

READ:  Romans 8:25-39

I am persuaded that neither death nor life…shall be able

to separate us from the love of God.  Romans 8:38-39

Oswald Chambers loved the poetry of Robert Browning and often quoted a phrase from the poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra”:  “The best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made.  Our times are in His hand.”

As principal of the Bible Training College in London from 1911 to 1915, Chambers often said that the school’s initials, B.T.C., also stood for “Better To Come.”  He believed that the future was always bright with possibility because of Christ.  In a letter to former students written during the dark days of World War I, Chambers said, “Whatever transpires, it is ever ‘the best is yet to be.’”

For the Christian, this is certainly true when we think about going to heaven.  But can we believe that our remaining days on earth will be better than the past?  If our hope is centered in Christ, the answer is a resounding yes!