“As I looked,
thrones were placed,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat;
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames;
its wheels were burning fire.
A stream of fire issued
and came out from before him;
a thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;
the court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.
“I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.” Daniel 7:9-14
The Ancient of Days sits on His Throne. All of eternity is seen through His eyes. Love and Justice are His. His Son Jesus reigns as Kings of Kings. His Holy Spirit inhabits His faithful and empowers the entire universe.
Are lives are but a breath quickly exhaled. But we have a One who has prepared a ‘home’ for us to be with Him, and will restore and resurrect our bodies into eternal ones to be with Him forever. This is the great reward and blessed hope for all those who find their lives in Jesus, who longingly look to Him for their lives. This life is the interview for the job. We are tested and given His assignments to be carried out — to learn to be His faithful ambassadors in the darkest corners of the earth — bringing His Light and hope to the lost and enslaved. We must learn to be faithful in the harshest of circumstances and trials — knowing the greater price He paid for us.
It is only Him we serve. It is Jesus who sets us free and brings freedom to our souls.
Today pray with me …for the thousands of our brothers and sisters in China serving Jesus while sitting in prisons. Happily singing and praising His Name while being tortured and killed just because they love and share Jesus with everyone they meet. Chinese Christians are praying for American Christians to learn to suffer for the Lord Jesus and find the joy they know.
The Church is alive and well in China — for most are hidden in small home church gatherings, teaching Jesus illegally to one another. We here in America sit in large plush seats in great buildings knowing nothing of the price of our … faith. Our time is coming… to learn Whom we serve.
Are you ready to lose everything for your faith in Jesus? Do you look forward to your real Home in heaven? Is that your goal? Are you seeking His instructions as to what He would have your do? Are you telling others about Jesus?
Father …be with our brothers and sisters in China! Give them the strength to endure! Father show us the way you would have us go today!