“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV)
There was no Deaf Devotion this past weekend. Did anyone notice? If anyone noticed did anyone ask or say anything? If anyone did not notice the devotion was missing did God prompt you to have time with Him? It is not important what I write or say. It is important what God says AND writes.
God’s Word constantly points out that we should be on watch and we should be prepared at any time for the return of Jesus. If we cannot make time with God or make time to study some ting is wrong with our priorities. If God’s Word becomes such that we do not even notice when He is trying to tell us something, then we need to do a better job of preparation. That only happens with a closer relationship with God. The way to have this close relationship is to ask God to reveal Himself in His Word.
My words in this Devotion are not for my purpose, pride or even a pat on the back. This is writing directly from God’s Word to help anyone, Deaf or Hearing, to make sure we are all able to share the Gospel and have a deeper relationship with God. It is not to influence or force anyone to do anything. It is God’s way of teaching all of us the truth contained in His Word. It is God’s way of telling us that He wants ALL his children in heaven with Him. It is God’s way of telling us that we, that is you and me and not somebody else, need to tell everyone we know that Jesus Christ is Lord, King, and Savior and the only way to Heaven.
In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul is writing to a group of Christians who were struggling with the issue of what happens after the physical death of the body. Although they were living about twenty years after the resurrection, their thinking about life and death were being influenced by their culture. I am afraid that is also a plight that we may share.
We tend to take things for granted. Some of us could care less about what happens to our body after we die. We are just hoping to find enough aspirin, icy/hot and duct tape to keep us together now. Even though we have everything we need right in front of us, at our fingertips, it is something that we think applies to somebody else. Do we speak up? Do we say anything? When God calls it’s all going to happen in the blink of an eye.
In the end it will not matter whether or not we write or read a weekend or mid-week devotion. In the end it will not matter all the good things we do. In the end all that matters is Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In the end, in the twinkling of an eye we will be transformed.
In the end, it will be the beginning. It will be the end of our earthly journey and the beginning of eternity. Do not take God’s Word for granted. Look up, say “thanks” and give praise. My point is DON”T MISS IT. Do not take it for granted.
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