Tuesday 19 Mar 2013

Tuesday Reading: Revelation 14:9-11

Key Verse: Revelation 14:10
10  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Devotion:
It should be very sobering to read such words that have been written for our express warning by great men of God, and yet we just ignore them as if they were random graffiti written on walls in derelict areas in town. But these are the words that we should fear the most because they talk of things still to come. Most of the bible tells us of all the things that have already happened and those things that God has told us about the past, but these are the words that tell us of things yet to happen.

God was not trying to frighten us into believing Him by getting John to write things like this down but wants us to know what will happen when we continue to ignore Him. We can see what sort of lives the people around us lead when they continually reject Christ; because we see a great difference in the lives of true Christians and those we reject God. We also see all of the world in a very different light when we know what God has done for us in the past. So why then do we quietly ignore what lies ahead?

Is it because we fear that we will not be able to cope? We should not because we will be in a much better place whilst the world has to cope with their choice of rejecting Christ. Instead we should fear what will happen to the people around us and we should be warning them of what they have let themselves in for. We don’t necessarily have to tell them of all the most horrible explanations that we can find but rather encourage them to seek God because He is seeking them. But when they continually reject that approach then it has to be time when they are told the truth as well. It is not a nice truth to look at…

We certainly do not like to see the dead bodies that litter streets in time of war, but it is the truth. We don’t like to see the starving people in poor countries, but it is the truth. We need to stop living our lives as we see fit and listen to the dire warnings that God has given us!

Points to Ponder:
Do you switch off the TV when you see horrible things?

Do you ignore God when you don’t like what He says?