Friday, 30 November 2012

The Alpha

Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him.  So shall it be!  Amen.  "I am the Alpha and the Omega,"says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."  
Revelation 1:7-8



Do you ever wonder about your future?  Where you will be or what you will be seeing?

Well God is telling you that one day you will see Him with your very eyes.  Just as clearly as you see the clouds in the sky you will see Him.  Coming down from the sky there is no way He can hide Himself, nor can anyone else try to hide Him.  He does not want to be hidden, He wants to show Himself on the day He chooses to everyone.

This revealing will not only be for a certain select group of people, but everyone "...even those who pierced Him."  That includes you and me, everyone ever born on earth will see Him.  You may say 'but I wasn't the Roman soldier that nailed Him to the cross or pierced His side with the spear.'  Yes, that is true but you have sinned and that Has pierced His heart as a child disobeying the parent causes the parent to grieve. 

It is for that reason that "all the peoples of the earth will mourn..."  We will be graciously given the opportunity to see our Creator.  And we will know what it will be like to be face to face with perfection, love, justice and mercy (to name only a few of His attributes). 

It will not be a time of mourning only.  I believe it will be a time of rejoicing as well because of who He is: Timeless.  He says He "was, is, and is to come."  Meaning He was before time began and will be forever more.

Prepare yourself now for that meeting. 

Accept Him as your personal Savior and confess your sins to Him.

Mourn over your sins, yes, but also rejoice in knowing that eternity begins when we see Him in the clouds and for His followers, residence in the heavenly places.

Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Giving Strength, Blessing With Peace

The LORD gives strength to His people; the LORD blesses His people with peace. 
Psalm 29:11


Today I'm at a beach house with my wife Shelley.  We had a late night last night, driving up and talking when we got here.  So it's been a lazy morning sleeping late and napping off and on all day.

Earlier I went for a walk along the beach by myself and had time to think alone.  After some of the heavy talking we did last night I really needed to talk with God.  And He showed Himself to me in the power of the ocean and the vastness of the horizon.

Before I left for my walk I read this psalm to meditate on, and the words have encouraged me to be strong and to live in peace.

Take time today and read the whole psalm yourself and meditate on what Holy Spirit would encourage, direct, or teach you in it.  Then live in strength and peace because of His blessing to you.