He Sees You

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” Revelation 1:10-11

A penal island out in the Mediterranean Sea. And the Lord tells John to write what he sees in a book. Water will figure into this writing, we might expect. But no, the Lord Jesus is about to show John many things. So, 'write what you see' becomes much more than a description in words of a Roman penal island and the sea around it. In the first part of the Revelation, John sees many things about these seven churches that he could not see from the shores of Patmos. As the book or scroll reaches the churches, each church receives a specific message showing what they have been up to, some of it quite personal and perhaps surprising to many in that church. John sat on a rock in the briny deep, but Someone saw the churches and how they chose to behave.

This revelation is why we who believe continue to repent of our evil deeds and thoughts, while we also have the assurance that no good deed or thought is missed by our ever watchful Lord and God. Therefore, how do we want to behave today?

Love and joy to you in Christ the Lord!

Bucky