DAILY DEVOTION - 16 OCTOBER 2020

Good morning. Peace be with you all. Rejoice in the Lord always.

"But who may abide the day of his coming?" Malachi 3:2.

Insight

Jesus first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who believed in the prophecies where waiting for the Messiah. Some also showed the fallacy of their professions by rejecting Him when He came. But what will His second coming reveal to the world? What sinner can endure to think of it? "He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked." When in His humiliation He did but say to the soldiers, "I am he," they fell backward; what will be the terror of His enemies when He shall more fully reveal Himself as the "I am?" His death shook earth and darkened heaven, what shall be the dreadful splendour of that day in which as the living Saviour, He shall summon the quick and dead before him. The terrors of the Lord would persuade men to forsake their sins and believe in the Son! Though a lamb, He is yet the lion of the tribe of Judah, rending the prey in pieces; and though He comforts the broken-hearted. He will break His enemies with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Challenge

Let us search ourselves this morning and make our calling and election sure, so that the coming of the Lord may cause no regrets in our minds. Pray for grace to cast away all hypocrisy, and to be found worthy of Him in judgement.  Work hard at it to be found obedient and sincere in the day of His appearing in all Glory and Majesty. May God bless and protect you all. In Jesus mighty name. Amen.