Today's Daily Bread
Grandpa Snucked Out
My cousin Ken fought a courageous 4-year battle with cancer. In his
final days, his wife, three children, and several grandchildren were in
and out of his room, spending time with him and sharing special
goodbyes. When everyone was out of the room for a moment, he slipped
into eternity. After the family realized that he was gone, one young
granddaughter sweetly remarked, “Grandpa snucked out.” One moment the
Lord was with Ken here on earth; the next moment Ken’s spirit was with
the Lord in heaven.
Psalm 16 was a favorite psalm of Ken’s that he had requested to be
read at his memorial service. He agreed with the psalmist David who said
that there was no treasure more valuable than a personal relationship
with God (vv.2,5). With the Lord as his refuge, David also knew that the
grave does not rob believers of life. He said, “You will not leave my
soul in Sheol [the grave]” (v.10). Neither Ken nor anyone else who knows
Jesus as Savior will be abandoned in death.
Because of Jesus’ own death and resurrection, we too will rise one
day (Acts 2:25-28; 1 Cor. 15:20-22). And we will find that “at [God’s]
right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11).
“In the Beloved” accepted am I,
Risen, ascended, and seated on high;
Saved from all sin through His infinite grace,
I am accorded in heaven a place.
—Civilla Martin. © Renewal 1958. Hope Publishing.
Risen, ascended, and seated on high;
Saved from all sin through His infinite grace,
I am accorded in heaven a place.
—Civilla Martin. © Renewal 1958. Hope Publishing.
God is our treasure now, and being with Him in heaven will bring pleasures forever.
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