Daily Devotion, October 10, 2020

 

Devotion: Read Revelation 21:1-8.

Judgment of every person who ever lived will be done at the end of time by God. “The Revelation” is part of the group of literature in the Bible known as “apocalyptic” meaning they deal with end times. John is given a vision of what is coming and writes it in coded language that only the people of God will understand. You see, much of what he writes about refers to powers and places of that time, as well as what will happen at the end of all time. One of the points of emphasis throughout is there are consequences to how we live our life and who we let guide our life. If we let God guide our life, we get to experience what the first seven verses of this passage offer; but if we have not placed our life in God’s hands, we will find ourselves among the list of verse eight and suffer grave consequences because of our choice.

There is another message we can glean from this book that relates to our focus in worship this Sunday: since God is going to take care of judging everyone in the end, we need not concern ourselves with doing so. None of us get to choose who is in or out with God, whether now or at the end of time. Our job is to live and share the love of Christ and let God do the judging. Personal Worship Option: What person or group are you most tempted to judge? Pray that God will help you overcome that temptation and give you the opportunity and power to offer them Christ’s love instead.