Go With the Flow - with Jesus

Many of you know that I'm a bit of a Bible junkie.
I just love Bible study and exploring God's purposes and the plans He has chosen to achieve them.

However, for much of this year I have been diverted to a study of us - in particular, the heart, spirit and soul of us.
What are they, how do they interact with each other, how are they impacted when the Holy Spirit comes to live in us?
It's been a fascinating exploration.

But more recently I have returned to focus on God's plans and have commenced my fifth (?) study of the The Revelation, the last book in the Bible.
And loving it - learning and understanding a bit more on each time through.

Even so, when I take a step back and ask myself what value there is in such studies, I have to admit they are of little eternal worth.
Knowing the Bible inside out or being a scholarly theologian will mean nothing without a relationship with Jesus.

Last week I was discussing the current state of affairs in the world with one of my adult grandsons.
Eventually the topic of prophecy came up and the possibility that our current situation could be seen in the yet-to-be fulfilled prophecies of the Old and New Testaments.

But we finished the discussion agreeing that ...
If you're connected to Jesus then it won't matter what or how events and situations happen, because you'll travel through them in good company.

Our concluding slogan became, "Just stay connected to Jesus and go with the flow."

For believers, this is really good advice.
Also for believers ...
Be ready to share the good news about Jesus with not-yet believers as and when the Holy Spirit leads, so that the others God brings across our path whom He has chosen to become believers in this age will become connected to Jesus too.

"And this is life in the Age; that they may know you, the sole true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus the Anointed."
[John 17 : 3  DBH]

Blessings, Barry