God lives and works today.
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and He
wants to have us with Him there, to
share in His glory.
However, we have to prepare ourselves for that
day.
Listen to today's meditation by Vassalia Schlenk called,
My Last Day.
In Psalm 90, verse 12, we read, Teach
us to number our days, that we may
get a heart of wisdom.
In the past centuries, this Bible word was
an inspiration for many people.
Over their houses and shops, and even on
their business records, they wrote the Latin words,
Memento mori, remember that you must die.
Why?
They knew that death is not the end,
but the beginning of a mighty change.
Then tears will be changed into laughter, or
laughter into tears.
Those who have suffered the most on earth
will be comforted, just as our Lord Jesus
tells us in the story about the poor
man, Lazarus.
We don't know what the future will bring,
but we can be sure of one thing,
we will all die.
And death is the great unmasker.
In the hour of our death, Satan makes
every last effort to get his hands on
us.
He tries to make us blind so that
we don't recognize this or that action in
our life as sin, so that we don't
take it seriously.
Therefore, no prayer request is so important as,
Lord, let me recognize the truth about my
life now, in good time, before the hour
of my death, when it will be too
late.
Give me your light, the truth to let
my eyes see, till I can see myself
as you behold me, O give me light.
I know that as soon as I have
recognized something in my life as sin, from
that moment on I have been able to
fight against it.
The victory hasn't been visible overnight.
But as I have received repentance over my
sins and have brought my sins to Jesus,
and have called upon his blood and willingly
accepted God's chastisements, Jesus has really helped me.
Yes, with greatest longing, Jesus is waiting for
us to join him in his kingdom.
He wants to embrace us in his arms.
It would be the greatest grief for him
if Satan were to appear as the accuser,
saying, You can't have this soul for yourself,
because I still have certain claims to him.
Therefore, in view of our last day and
the hour of our death, let us pray,
Lord, give me your light, so that I
can recognize all the weak and sinful areas
of my life, especially those things that I
don't yet realize are sin.
Give me a hatred toward sin, and help
me to take the next step, and to
praise the blood of Jesus.
Then Jesus can complete his redemption in me,
and the accuser will have no more claims
to me.
Lord, we believe!
Your precious blood has set us free.
Lord, we adore!
Your feeble strife unparalleled.
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