When taking stock of the sin in a life, we may be tempted to just give up trying to be like Jesus. But did you know that we are mentioned in a prophecy? In Revelation 7:9, John tells of a time when he saw a multitude in Heaven too great to count. The prophecy is: "After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands..." That's you and me in that crowd. Sure, we say we don't belong there just yet, but whose word will be fulfilled in that prophecy, ours or God's? I'm quite sure that John in that glorious moment looking on those God saved through His Son did not care what we might have to say about our condition, but marveled at what Jesus the Lord revealed to him about the end.
You and me will never satisfy God's standard as stated in His Law in our own strength and ability. Our Godly stamp of approval is Jesus Christ. Another prophecy in the Revelation speaks of the sealing of God's own. Indeed, as we strive to attain some imaginary level of approval, hoping to salve a smarting conscience perhaps, God has already stamped us approved through His Son Jesus Christ. Our journey may have days or years or even decades to go on this earth, but Jesus has already won us at the cross. In the next verse, John bears witness to the witness of that great multitude: "...and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Of course it does: best we remember that today!
Have a great new week in Christ's service,
Bucky
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