Meditations

And they cried with a loud voice , saying, “ How long , O Lord, holy and true …….”? Revelation 6:10:  “…..until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth”?        These words came from the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.  Revelation 6: 9.  It is okay to ask God a question and to ask it with passion.  In Revelation 6 verse 10 these saints are in heaven and they are asking a question.  These saints are not asking the Lord to judge and avenge their blood .  They know the Lord will judge.  They know the Lord will avenge their blood.  They are asking “how long” before it happens. God answered their prayer / question immediately.  Revelation 6:11:  …….and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was...

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, these things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens.  The Lord Jesus gave His credentials to the Church in Philadelphia before He made His pronouncements.   The Lord Jesus is holy.  Luke 1:35 …. that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.  Hebrews 7:26:  “For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; “  The Lord Jesus Christ is holy, so He expects us to be holy.  He lives within us, so our behavior ought to be holy.  1Peter 1:15 reads:  But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.  The Church in Philadelphia “kept His word” and they did not deny His Name.  They lived holy. The Lord Jesus is true.  He said in John 14:6:  “I am The Way, The T...

To the Angel of the Church of Thyatira Jesus said, “These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and feet like fine brass.”  Revelation 2:18  The church in Thyatira was working in the service of the Lord Jesus.  They had love, faith, patience and works.  The Lord commended the Church on their works.  He said, “ the last (works) are more than the first”.  However, they allowed the doctrine of Jezebel  - immorality and idolatry - to be taught and practiced in the church.  Revelation 2:20 The Lord Jesus said His eyes are like a flame of fire.  His eyes illuminate whatever He looks upon.  His eyes search the minds and the hearts of His people.  The Lord knew all those in the church in Thyatira who were following the doctrine and practices of Jezebel.  He also knew those in the church who were loyal to Him.   In Jesus’ introduction, He also said His feet are like fine brass.   In Revel...

I am meditating in the Book of Revelations and I am currently reading in chapter 3.  As I read the various statements our Lord Jesus made to the seven churches, I wondered what He would say about my church that I attend.  If I were brave I would ask.  Then, who am I that the Lord Jesus would entrust His message about my church to me?  I can ask Him about myself.  How am I doing? I have noticed that the Lord Jesus made pronouncements of Himself to each church as they were related to the needs of the church.  He stated who He is, signifying He knows the issues and He is capable of correcting each one. He started with the church at Ephesus.  The Lord Jesus said, “These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:”  The Lord Jesus is saying He holds the seven angels of the seven churches (ch 1:20) in His right hand.  His right denotes strength.  He walks among the s...

When Pilate asked Jesus if He was the king of the Jews, Jesus responded.  “My kingdom is not of this world.  If my kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews …..”   Jesus’ Kingdom is not of this world neither is ours.  The Lord Jesus said, if His kingdom were of this world, then He would have His servants fight for Him.  That is a message for us. Our kingdom is not of this world.   Why then are we being over- zealous over one candidate over another?   Why are some of us broken hearted because our candidate lost the election?   Our kingdom is not of this world.  Those of us who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior belong to Him, and our citizenship is in heaven.    Jesus is the One to whom we owe our allegiance.  Therefore Believers in Christ Jesus should not be looking to politicians to meet our needs.   We have a Savior who pr...

Sometimes when God wants to use us, He has to place us through undesirable situations.  Sometimes He has to break us away from our pride and arrogance, and that breaking process can be very painful for us.  Sometimes God has to bring the reality of our sinful fleshly nature to our attention.   A good example of how one can come to the end of him or herself is in the parable Jesus told of the lost son. In the parable Jesus told about the son who went astray from his father in Luke 15: 11-32.  The lost son came to himself and he realized he had nothing. He had reached bottom.   He was hungry.  He was living in an awful condition.   His father had everything he needed, a warm bed, plenty of food and clothes.  There he was among pigs living in abject poverty and his father was wealthy.  He started to think, to reflect on his life at home in his father’s house.  There was plenty of food at home and here he was starving....

There is   none   who understands ......Romans 3:11 No one understands God.  No one understands life. No one understands the universe.   Many if not all of us at some point in our lives ask the question.  "Why am I here?"  Why do I exist?  No one understands. I am sure all of us at some point in our lives ask ourselves and others, "why me”?  Why is this circumstance happening to me?   Some commit suicide because they do not understand the circumstances in their lives.     Some ask why is there severe poverty in the world.  Others question the cause of weather related disasters.  No one understands.    No one understands the ways of God.  God says in Isaiah 55:8,9:   "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord.   V9:  "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways. and My thoug...