Today's
scripture: Psalm 11:4-6
On Wednesday, we talked about how we who follow Christ are in a battle, just as Paul described to the church at Ephesus (Ephesians 6:12). We ended with the reminder that we just need to trust the Lord.
God never changes. Never. He is always with us. Always.
He is, as the psalmist writes, in His temple and on His throne. He will never "slumber or sleep" (Psalm 121:4). He knows each step we take, each valley we descend, each mountaintop we conquer.
He also sees the acts of our enemies. He sees the wicked and unrighteous. He sees those who deliberately turn their backs on Him and persecute His children. While, indeed, the wicked seem to be winning battle after battle, one day each and every person who ever lived will stand before that throne ... no, they will kneel before that throne and confess Christ as Lord (Philippians 2:10-11).
Tragically, those who seem to be winning battles now will lose the final war, and they will be separated from the One whom they denied ... forever.
Now that I think about it, our fight shouldn't be against those who demean our faith. No. Our battle should be against a mutual enemy: the one who would love nothing more than to drag people to his own fate. We need to fight him for the souls of unbelievers.
We know who wins the war (John 16:33), and we who follow that Conqueror need to reach as many as we can to the winning side.
On Wednesday, we talked about how we who follow Christ are in a battle, just as Paul described to the church at Ephesus (Ephesians 6:12). We ended with the reminder that we just need to trust the Lord.
God never changes. Never. He is always with us. Always.
He is, as the psalmist writes, in His temple and on His throne. He will never "slumber or sleep" (Psalm 121:4). He knows each step we take, each valley we descend, each mountaintop we conquer.
He also sees the acts of our enemies. He sees the wicked and unrighteous. He sees those who deliberately turn their backs on Him and persecute His children. While, indeed, the wicked seem to be winning battle after battle, one day each and every person who ever lived will stand before that throne ... no, they will kneel before that throne and confess Christ as Lord (Philippians 2:10-11).
Tragically, those who seem to be winning battles now will lose the final war, and they will be separated from the One whom they denied ... forever.
Now that I think about it, our fight shouldn't be against those who demean our faith. No. Our battle should be against a mutual enemy: the one who would love nothing more than to drag people to his own fate. We need to fight him for the souls of unbelievers.
We know who wins the war (John 16:33), and we who follow that Conqueror need to reach as many as we can to the winning side.
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