“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
Look and listen. The voice of the Lord can even be heard by those whom we call dead, but whom Scripture says are asleep. By whatever name, the Lord calls and creation listens. In the beginning He spoke the word and it was as He spoke. In whom then will you trust? Will you trust yourself whose word is weak, or the One through whom all things came into being through His word?
Lord, forgive me when I am unwilling to believe. Bring me to the place where I stop questioning everything and start living the life of faith that You have given me. Who is more important? You are more so than anyone else. The question seems so silly and yet I often live as though this were a legitimate question. Help me to have the right priorities and do things the way they ought to be done.
Lord Jesus, You came so that we might have life and have it abundantly. Guide me this day to do what is right in Your sight. Lead me according to the never-changing word which You have spoken. In and through all things, help me to understand that in You is there hope and the eternal future our hearts were created to desire. Teach me to love as You love and how to live according to Your word. Amen.
