There is a promise found
inside the book of Revelation. To the
one who reads the Book, hears the Book, and keeps the Book, the Word of God
says that man will be blessed (verse 3). The blessing, I believe, is the joy and
stability of knowing and understanding that God is still in control, even in
these last days.
The day in which we are
living is challenging to us as believers, and yet the Lord said in Revelation
1:8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come,
the Almighty.”
It does not take a college
degree to understand that knowing God brings stability in chaotic times. The simple can understand it. The learned can understand it. All it takes is for the Almighty God to give
us that understanding.
One day, a man who loved
the book of Revelation, and had no theological training, was criticized and
ridiculed by a much wiser theologian who said, “You don’t understand that
book. It’s an enigma, a puzzle -- nobody
can understand it.”
The lover of the book of
Revelation responded, “I understand it.”
“Oh yeah,” came the
reply. “What does it mean?”
The man thought for a
second and then responded proudly, “Why, it means we win.”
Jean Francois Gravelet was
a great tightrope walker. In fact, on
June 30, 1859, he was the first man to cross the Niagara River on a
tightrope. Someone asked him how he
managed to cross without falling. He
said, “Look on the other side in the direction to which you are walking. Do you see that silver star? I placed it there, and I never take my eyes
off of it. I put my eyes on that star,
and I walk toward it. That gives me
stability.”
Jesus Christ is our bright
and morning star. Keep your eyes on Him
during these last days, and He will give you that stability as well.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Focus on the Lord and His work.
✞Occupy until He comes.
✞Pray for your lost loved ones.
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