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| “…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” |
| —Jude 1:21 |
These are tough times. I doubt if anyone would disagree with that assessment of where things are in our nation right at the moment. We have divided into two very vicious and contentious political, social, economic, even spiritual camps.
On the one hand, we have the forces of evil trying to drag our once great nation into the sewer of debauchery, discontent, envy, and strife. On the other hand, we have the power of God through the Holy Spirit—expressed through the lives of those devoted to the life-transforming gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ—holding back the total destruction of all that is holy and good.
In our state of battle weariness, we need to take heart from the words of the Apostle Jude, as found in Jude 1:17-21:
But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
As we begin another new day, let’s take comfort and also meet this day with new determination. God has chosen us to belong to Him. He is using us to further the advancement of His Kingdom here on earth. He has enabled us by the power of the in-dwelling Holy Spirit. So, let us claim this day for Jesus and allow His love to flow through us into the desperately needy world around us.
