WHAT A DAY GLORIOUS DAY THAT WILL BE
1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
Last evening we had heavy rains through our area accompanied by high winds and some thunder and lightening. It was our first good thunderstorm of the year. This morning as the sun rose the wet ground gave off a layer of extremely thick ground fog that obscured everything behind my house. It wasn't until the heat of the sun was high enough that the beauty of the forest and fields behind my house were revealed... then the view was spectacular.
In the last 20 years or so we've seen some drastic changes in our country. Several years ago when it was decided that same sex marriage was been judged as acceptable, we thought it couldn't get much worse for our nation. I remember the people jumping for joy as the Governor of New York approved of the killing of babies at delivery and we thought, "it cant get much worse." Then for 4 years the gates of our borders were open wide and everyone, from everywhere could walk through... how can it get much worse?
All this makes it easy to get drawn into & side-tracked by everything going on in our world today. We can easily get discouraged and down with all that is so rapidly changing... and not changing for the better. So it's time for a reality check; GOD is still on the throne & still in control from a heavenly place!! For a while yet, He may be allowing Satan an earthly reign, but even then He has allowed that.
With all the religious views, tolerances, & expanded beliefs in everything from spiritism, to witchcraft, to the 'New Age' stuff, Christians out there need to be reminded that prayer is our most powerful tool and we need to be praying for the lost; GOD uses us to reach others, and our lives & attitudes should be an example to those who both know Christ & to those who do not know Him.
We need to be careful of our own 'tolerance levels' and remember that we're merely tools & vessels in the hand of an all powerful GOD, who will soon open the heavens & put this sinful world under His feet.
There is no need for worry,. Worry only steals our joy and takes our focus off of the One who is in charge of all. One day soon we will see clearly as God reveals His beautiful plan to all people.... Until that time we must not be swayed by what is happening around us in a sinful world. We must remain confident that our God has not abandoned us, He is still on the Throne and He will remain there for all time. One day soon He will take back this world from Satan and his fallen angles and we will then see God's glory revealed in our world.
As the sun exposed the beauty through the fog this morning, one day soon the SON will put an end to Satan reign and reveal His eternal beauty and put an end to the worldly nonsense that is happening around us now. Until that time we wait patiently for the fog to lift and His glory to be revealed to all men and women.
I love these words by Jim Hill
There is coming a day
When no heartaches shall come
No more clouds in the sky
No more tears to dim the eye
All is peace forevermore
On that happy golden shore
What a day, glorious day that will be
What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see
When I look upon His face
The One who saved me by His grace
Then He'll take me by the hand
And lead me through the Promise Land
Oh what a day, glorious day that will be
They'll be no sorrow there
No more burdens to bear
No more sickness and no more pain
No more parting over there
And forever I will be
With the One who died for me
Oh what a day, glorious day that will be
Oh what a day, glorious day that will be
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