Because God Lives!
"A little while longer and the
world
will see Me no more, but you will
see Me. Because I live,
you will live also."
John 14: 19
At the end of the
tumultuous decade of the 1960s,
and Christian songwriters Bill and Gloria Gaither
were expecting a third child. Bill was recovering
from illness. Gloria was discouraged about the
state of the world in which they were about to
bring a child.
In the midst of their circumstances, God gave them
an insight: “Because He lives, I can face tomorrow;
because He lives, all fear is gone” — words which
became the song “Because He Lives,” and received
a Dove Award for song of the year in 1974.
Jesus’ disciples faced their own trying
circumstances as they realized He was
about to leave them. But He gave them
a promise: “Because I live, you will live
also.”
It was promise not only to the disciples,
and to Bill and Gloria Gaither, but to all
Christian as well. Because Christ lives,
we can
live also—now and for eternity.
If you face hardship or trials today,
remember Jesus Christ is alive in you.
The life you live today is through faith
in the One who lives for you.
"Because I know He holds the future,
and life is worth living just because
He lives."
Bill Gaither