Some fun and some work today, Father. Thank You for Your watchcare through all our comings and goings today! And for the companionship of the day, as well!
Jude 1:24-25 (<<click here to read the passage)
Jude concludes his letter by giving credit where credit is truly due – to You, Lord. In one sentence he gives us two incredible reasons to bring You glory, that is to praise Your name.
The first is that You are “able to keep [us] from falling away.” I know who I am. I know what I have done and what I am capable of doing. The incredible pull of this world with all of its enticements is real. They are empty and ultimately unfulfilling, but they are real, nonetheless. Despite the relentless tugging, You are “able to keep [us] from falling away.” All glory to You, Lord.
Secondly, “with great joy” You will bring us into Your “glorious presence” – and this is truly incredible! – “without a single fault”! With all the stumbling and bumbling and tripping and falling – even with all of that – I will someday stand before You face to face “without a single fault”! It seems unbelievable. And it would be, but it comes from Your mouth…and Your heart.
The world is against us on so many fronts, but You, Lord, are for us! The Apostle Paul affirms this in Romans 8:31,
“If God is for us, who can ever be against us?”
Lord, how true it is,
“All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.” v25a NLT
Amen and amen!
(June 4th, 2017, Sun, 6:25 am)
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