DAZZLED FORLORN
Rev 17:8 - "Earth dwellers whose names weren't written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be dazzled when they see the Beast that once was, is no longer, and is to come."
DELECTABLE LUXURY GONE
Revelation 18:16 "Everything you've lived for, gone! All delicate and delectable luxury, lost!" That's if your name isn't in the Book of Life.
DECLARATION OF PRAISE
Revelation 19: 1-3 "I heard a sound like massed choirs in Heaven singing, Hallelujah! The salvation and glory and power are God's—His judgments true, His judgments just."
DAY OF REJOICING
Revelation 19:7-9 "Hallelujah! The Master reigns, our God, the Sovereign-Strong! Let us celebrate, let us rejoice, let us give him the glory! The Marriage of the Lamb has come; His Wife has made herself ready. ... The Angel said to me, "Write this: 'Blessed are those invited to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb.'" He added, "These are the true words of God!"
"Where are you?" It's a question asked to Adam after he blew it and tried to hide under fig leaves. It's the same question that resonates in the Book of Revelations. Where are you? What are you struggling with? Are you really happy in life? 66 LL says: "A happy God, a very happy God, created you to be happy. And He has a plan...The happiness God gives in this life (not in the next) is discovered when we feel and embrace the profound disappointment that comes from living in a world that cannot satisfy our deepest desires and when we face and confess our entitled demand that we experience complete satsifaction now. It's then that the Spirit of God puts us in touch with the hope from which springs the faith and love that keep us dancing into other people's lives. And that's our happiness, for now. (It's not the way I expected to pursue happiness.)...It would be a good idea when we hear God asking where we are for all of us to sit quietly enough and long enough to look squarely into the unpleasant reality that nothing that we're enjoying now is guaranteed to last, that things will get rough for all of us before we die, and that the happiness we rightly long for needs a better foundqation than all the good things available in this world." So, where am I? What desires burn brightly in my soul this day AND am I still not satisfied? So am I moving toward God and His Plan A or am I hiding, distant, or neglectful.
My heart breaks when I hear people say "I'm not "happy" so I want this and this and this, that will make me happy." or the saddest one of all, "I'm getting a divorce because he/she doesn't make me "happy". No one or no thing can make us "happy", our true joy and happiness is all based on our relationship with Almighty God. How I want to go forward with God and His plan A for I know that it is far better than anything I could ever come up with. So, thankful that my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. How I shudder when I read of all the things that are poured out on those who have refused to bend the knee before He comes back. How we need to spread the Word so that many more can have the choice of choosing Life. Blessings on all of you in the new year.
ReplyDelete"And He has a plan...The happiness God gives in this life (not in the next) is discovered when we feel and embrace the profound disappointment that comes from living in a world that cannot satisfy our deepest desires and when we face and confess our entitled demand that we experience complete satsifaction now."
ReplyDeleteHow else could it be? John, sitting in prison at Patmos in a cold, dank cell talking of joy and purpose. Or Paul and Silas beaten almost to death, in shanks in a dungeon prison singing hymns around midnight. That trust that things will be okay doesn't happen by accident. That kind of joy is not experienced with any of the confines of "luxury." That kind of freedom comes from knowing our God, the Sovereign Strong personally.
Happiness isn't the goal.It certainly is attainable but not how we think it will come. We know the Source of all Joy, a happy God who created us in His Image. The truths of God's economy confound the wise. Shaking my head at the beauty of His Plan A for each of us...
A White Horse and Its Rider
ReplyDeleteRevelation 19:11-21
I've read these verses many times. I believe these days are coming. I can't say that I understand all the words recorded by John in the book of Revelation. He even had trouble trying to put into words what he was seeing in these visions from God.
A mighty battle is coming. The description of what happens in Revelation 19:11-21 describes One on a white horse, riding triumphantly...and two cast alive into burning fire.
I've read Dr. Crabb's message from this book and it just keeps running through my head...Good WINS!!!
I know that. I have known that for a very long time. But it just helps me to be reminded of that every day.
Good WINS!!!
It really does WIN!!!
Nothing will change that. Not this present darkness. Not the future darkness. Our God reigns and He is patient and long-suffering, not willing for any to perish. But a day of judgement is coming.
May we all be ready. I am ready for that wedding. My heart is sorrowful for those who are not. But I long for the day of placing my hand into my Bridegroom's hand and saying, "I do." I long to sing "Worthy is the Lamb." I long to sing the song of the redeemed. I long to cast my crowns at His Worthy Feet.
Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine...oh, what a foretaste of Glory Divine!
Praise God as Mary Lou who first said today, I know my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
ReplyDeleteAs I read through these Revelation scripture selections part of it absolutely scare me as I don't fully understand everything. However, as Twinkle has reminded us from 66LL in the End God Wins!!! I so enjoy singing Handel's "Worthy is the Lamb". Knowing my name is in the Lambs Book of Life blesses me beyond measure.
I agree with Annette we do live in a world that cannot satisfy all our needs. Praise God for His Plan A for me. May I seek His Vision Daily to receive His PRO Vision to complete His vision for Plan A.
Currently I am reading The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun with Paul Hattaway. Brother Yun who was born in 1958 and became a believer at age 16. He writes beginning in the late 1970's of his own personal experiences that read like Paul and other apostles in the New Testament. Brother Yun in my lifetime while I am enjoying freedom of speech in America and going to church Brother Yun is beaten, put in prison, etc all in the name of Jesus Christ.
Then today I saw a news article where Christians in Bagdad were killed for expressing their faith. I am so blessed to live in America and need to take my commitment to deeper level.
I began scripture memory as a young child and in Girl's Auxiliary in chuch. But had such dificulty focusing that I decided I could not memoruize so I focused on meditation in 2009 only to learn for myself that I really can memorize and have begun to do so.
In the past two months I have gotten sidetracked on scripture memory and now am convicted to give this process a stronger commitment. The way our world is going there may be a day when the only Bible I have is what is stored in my brain and my heart.
This is a Song I must Sing of Thanksgiving for the priviledge to come and go with you on this journey through The Message this Year and 66 Love Letters. Each Pearl is helping me learn more about who God is and can be for me.
This is a Song I must Sing,
Sylvia