Romans 1: 16, 17 “for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written. ‘The just shall live by faith.’”
Dear God,
Thank You for the ‘gospel of Christ’, which brings the salvation news to all who believe. I believe and therefore I have salvation as I keep faith in God, and the hope of eternal life, with God, the Father, and Son of God, the Holy Spirit, the angels and all who have been redeemed from sin, woe and destruction of this earth. The contrast between our earth that has become a place of death and every type of unimaginable woe under the management of Satan and his agents; with the purity, happiness and joy of heaven, is so great, that I as a sinful person on earth cannot fully comprehend the enormity of it all.
As I read about the lives of the faithful, mighty people in the past two to five centuries and then many in the Bible record, all seem prone to give thanks and praises to You God, from the gratitude they felt for the ‘richness’ of Your love and the hope of salvation; even though they may have endured much privation and sometimes even given in to bemoaning about how they were being treated by ungodly associates, they had ongoing joy in serving You.
In our scriptural record of Jesus, never from Him was there a moaning word about ill treatment or privation; for His joy was founded in love for You, His Father and the inner peace that came as He reached out to bring the light from heaven into people’s lives and heal the blight of sickness. People loved to be in His company for the uplift it gave them, from the joy on His countenance and the words of peace that directed them to His heavenly Father.
Please fill me today with the light and joy of heaven anticipated, and the irresistible desire to share this good news in word and praises to You.
By the knowledge I have gained from Your word and the influence of the Holy Spirit, I am learning more and more about You and Your heavenly home. When reflected upon in the light of heaven, this earthly place of living becomes less and less attractive. Because of my belief in the gospel of Christ and in His promised grace and strength delivered, I have a real hope to be in heaven with Him; able to give my worship praises and glory to Jesus, the Lamb of God. For words of praise and worship spontaneously rise from the redeemed in heaven, and so it will be throughout eternity, Revelation 19: 1”After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, ‘Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honour and power belong to the Lord our God!’”
All in heaven (including the redeemed) will not be able to resist from praising Jesus, V5 “Then a voice came from the throne, saying, ‘Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!’” The ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords ‘who makes ready to bring His ‘bride’ (faithful followers) who are clothed in His garment of righteousness to heaven for the marriage supper of the Lamb; is none other than our Saviour, Jesus Christ. This account given in verses 7-9, gives me an over whelming desire to be each day Your true child, covered by Christs’, Robe of Righteousness and doing Your righteous deeds by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that I will be ‘called to the marriage supper of the Lamb’.
Please my Saviour dwell within again today.
Amen