Today's promise: Christ will return
A heavenly vision
After I saw a vast
crowd, too great to count, from every nation and people and language, standing
in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white and held
palm branches in their hands. And they were shouting with a mighty shout,
"Salvation comes from our God on the throne and from the Lamb!"
Revelation 7:9-10 NLT
Heavenly praise for the Lamb
Many times our prayers
tend to focus on this world and the struggles we encounter in our lives. God
understands and accepts these prayers, but we must also direct our thoughts and
prayers to the victory we will share with Christ. In Revelation, God gives us a
splendid portrayal of that final victory. In a vision, the apostle John sees a
magnificent scene: a vast multitude celebrating the triumph of the Lamb of God.
Waving palm branches, the traditional symbol of victory, people from all over
the world extol God for the salvation he had provided through his Son.
As followers of Christ,
today, we are privileged to be part of this multitude — the communion of
believers. Because Jesus has overcome death, a new life of wholeness and peace
through him has opened up to us. This is worth shouting about — praising God
with all that is in us!
A prayer for today…
Dear Lord, I join your
praying people through the ages to shout about that salvation that comes from
you…
Adapted from The One Year® Book of Bible Prayers edited by
Bruce Barton, Tyndale House Publishers (2000), entry for April 3.
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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