Devotion:
Read Isaiah 65:17-19; Revelation 21:1-5.
It is interesting to note the connection of the language and images used in both of these passages. Both of them are a reminder that God has been and continues to be about creating all things new. Ever since we as humans messed things up, God has been seeking to renew the Creation, ultimately doing so most fully by sending Jesus Christ to redeem the world that God so loves.
Both of these passages are focused on the future, looking to that time in the end when God will complete this mission of renewal and restoration. You have probably heard someone say, “I’ve read the end of the book and God wins!” And because of that assurance, we can live with a confidence about the future and what is going to happen in the end.
As we close out one year and look toward the new year, we can do so with the chorus of a Bill and Gloria Gaither song in our mind: “Because I know he holds the future, and life is worth the living just because he lives!”
Personal Worship Option:
Offer a prayer of thanksgiving to God for your experiences of this past year and the hope you have been given about living into the future, knowing how it all ends.
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