Grace for Upgrades

Everybody wants an upgrade, but most of us can’t handle a quick upgrade. Take Saul for instance. He was made king instantly, but when things happen quickly, you have to surrender your heart to God quickly too. That didn’t happen with Saul.

He was invited into radical upgrade and while he embraced the perks (a palace, an army, riches, beautiful women), Saul was not willing to conform his life to God’s way of thinking and moving. It ended up costing him his crown, his family and finally, his life.

There are several places in the Bible where forward happens “in a moment,” “in the twinkling of an eye” or “on that day.” BOOM! The difference between the long and winding road the Beatles sang about and the “suddenlys” that can happen for all of us, is our willingness to change.

Notice what the Word says about the famous day everything changes from temporal to eternal.

“…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” – 1 Corinthians 15:52

That is the greatest suddenly and upgrade of all, known as the Rapture of the Church. Instantly, God will miraculously give us the power and grace to change.

After these things, I looked and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here…”

– Revelation 4:1

There is no miraculous going up without a miraculous change on your part. You wanna go up? You have to change! Upgrade is up to you.