"BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME." Do these words of our Lord Jesus speak to you? The posture of the Christian today, more than ever before, should be that of expectation. His best things are before him. God's promises refer to the glory which is soon to be revealed. The Old Testament saints lived expecting Jesus to come; He came, He wrought, He suffered, He made the atonement, He rose and is ascended, and He promised to come again in glory. Now He is entered into the holiest to make intercession for us; soon He will appear a second time without sin, unto salvation. Then, the dead in Christ will rise, the living saints will be changed, and we shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. This is our hope in Christ our Lord. In expectation of this glory we should daily live. Looking for this blessed hope let us labour. Death is nowhere spoken as the object of our hope; we are not to live looking for death, but for the coming of Jesus. Thus Enoch walked with God, and so pleased Him that he was translated. Thus the Apostles and early Christians lived, and therefore they were not affected by earthly things. So should we also live, looking for that blessed hope.

For Meditation:
O weary soul, are you by sorrows burdened?
Look to the Lord our glorious coming King!
He reigns on high, our blessed Intercessor,
He pleads our cause who serve Him here below!
So till He come, let's watch and pray rejoicing;
Till He come, each day let's labour on.
Then soon one day, our eyes shall see the Saviour
Descend the clouds - O glorious day!