After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are His judgments.” – (Revelation 19:1, NIV)
After this I heard what sounded like a large crowd of people in heaven. The people were saying, “Hallelujah! Victory, glory, and power belong to our God. His judgments are true and right.” – (Revelation 19:1, ERV)
I heard a sound like massed choirs in Heaven singing, “Hallelujah! The salvation and glory and power are God’s – His judgments true, His judgments just.” – (Revelation 19:1, MSG)
I love that God grants us insight to not only what heaven will sound like, but continues to reveal His nature as He shows us again and again that He is true and just. God wants us to live out our days with truth and justice, rather than worrying about rules and rituals. Our worship and our treatment of those around us is far more valuable to Him. Jesus modeled these things throughout His time on earth, as He cared for the widows, the sick, the forgotten. He forgave those whom the world deemed unforgiveable and did not tolerate things that polluted the purity of the temple. When people used the temple courts to sell things to extort money from those who genuinely came to worship, He overturned their tables and let them know that it was unacceptable. In His glory and power, Jesus came to save. Even hanging on the cross, Jesus forgave the criminal who recognized his own sin and asked Jesus to remember him. Jesus knew the repentance of the criminal’s heart and told him that He would see him in paradise. If Jesus can forgive a criminal on the cross, how much more ought we forgive those around us for trivial things that upset us? Yes, if there are blatant wrongs they must be corrected justly, yet if there is repentance, we ought to forgive. May we ever seek the Lord to lead us to be just and true, for He has shown us who He is and how He loves so that we too may do the same.
Imagine the sound,
the voices in tune;
giving praise to God,
each word that’s sung, true.
No sorrow or pain,
to be in glory;
the presence of God,
hope in our story.
For He has shown us,
His love and His grace;
when we ask Him in,
He will ever stay.
Stay present to help,
in goodness He’ll lead;
He’ll show us the way,
in word, thought and deed.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that throughout Your Word, You show us who You are and how You love. Thank You that You are true and just, and that You ask us to do the same. Thank You that You show us, lead us, and guide us as we earnestly seek You. Forgive us for the times that we have reacted on our own instead of responding through Your love and grace. Teach us to ever seek You to lead us in all things. Show us how to love those around us in truth and justly, so that they may know Your overwhelming goodness and grace. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we seek You to lead us in all that we say and do. Amen.
© Shannon Elizabeth Grabrick and Revelations in Writing, May 2011 – present
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8
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