2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1
Daniel 2:28-35
Titus 2:11-15
No peace without
the Prince of Peace.
LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE
For the next four weeks, we shall consider the theme “The Return of Jesus Christ.”
Looking at world events, one inevitably thinks of war and peace. Is mankind headed for an era of peace? Perhaps war is a thing of the past? Some would like to think so, but not the experts who are “in the know.” Roger Hilsman, formerly of the Columbia University Department of International Affairs, knowing man’s incorrigible, murderous nature, wrote in his monumental book “The Crouching Future: International Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy – A Forecast”: “War is part of the future. Nuclear war is also part of the future.”
Except the Lord Creator intervenes, mankind is doomed to self-destruction. Modern weapons of war if unleashed would destroy all life on earth. The nuclear arsenals of the superpowers have the capacity to wipe out every man, woman and child on this planet a hundred times over. In a moment of time the whole world could be turned into “an oven of silent death,” so said Bertrand Russell. Man’s war-like nature has not changed. In 4,000 years of history, fewer than 300 were war-free years. War is part of the future: history will repeat itself, so the thinking goes.
But we see HISTORY as HIS-STORY, the story of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, intervening in the affairs of men. The future of the world is not left to the superpowers and war-mongers. Our God, and not man, is in control. It is He who directs global events and man’s future. Nothing happens without Him. He who came once is coming again. The Lord of Creation will return to earth in HISTORY’S FINAL ACT. The Apostle Paul said that for believers this is “that blessed hope” (Titus 2:13). The Christ of Calvary will come again as KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS!
How are you living your life? Are you living for self? Or for God? Redeem the time for the days are evil. Very soon your days on earth will be up and there will be no more time left to serve your Lord and Master. Live with the great expectation that He will return anytime!
THOUGHT: When Jesus comes, will I meet Him with joy or terror?
PRAYER: Father, teach me to prepare now for Thy coming.