EVEN SO LORD, COME QUICKLY!

May 3

Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Kingdoms and their rulers exercise their power over men for a little while, only in the end to yield it to another. Philosophers bask in fame’s sunshine for a moment of glory, until such a time when the fickle loyalties of man run in search of something new (Acts 17:21).In the same manner, the world and its vanity will eventually yield to the glory of God. The temporal will yield to the eternal; the corruptible to the incorruptible; the flesh to the spirit (1 Corinthians 15:53,54).

Today, we also have a choice of where we want to live. Do we want to live in the vanity of man, entrust our destiny to its temporal world; yield our soul to its fickle vanity? Will our eyes behold in wonder and serve the deceiving beauty of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 3)? Will our heart shun investing in the now invisible but eternal spiritual kingdom of God? The apostle told us, the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).

“Even so, come Lord Jesus; come with your everlasting righteousness written in the heart of every man woman and child (Jeremiah 31;31-33). Come to rule over us, and all the kingdoms of men with your rod of iron (Revelations 19:15). Come with the truth of thy law which surpasses the vanity of past present and future philosophers. Come and establish you kingdom on earth.”

I long for the time when my eyes will no more behold the terrors of war, sickness and dysfunctional living. I long for the day when my ears will be overwhelmed no more with the hardened longing of desperate children who have to protect themselves from immature adults. I pray for my spirit to find rest from the grieving of the heart of the innocent. I long for the time when You, the righteous judge of the earth will finally come and teach us how we ought to live; Yes, I long for the time when the truth of Your everlasting righteousness will have conquered the hearts of man, and fear and terror will have vanished.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelations 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.