Judgment for the Justified

Read:  Psalm 102 / Proverbs 26 / Job 3 /Revelation 20

Psalm 102:18-20 From heaven did the LORD... hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those... appointed to death. 

Proverbs 26:2 The curse causeless shall not come.

Job 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Revelation 20:12,15 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life... and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

From heaven's height our Savior heard

The sinner's fearful, desperate groan. 

The curse, according to God's Word,

Demanded judgment from His throne. 

It was for us our Lord was smitten!

To bear our judgment Jesus died

So that our names could thus be written

With those who have been justified.  

Rejoicing in His Rule

Read:  Psalm 101 / Proverbs 25 / Job 2 /Revelation 19

Psalm 101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Job 2:10 What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and ... not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Revelation 19:11,14 I saw heaven opened...  and he that... was called Faithful and True... and the armies which... followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

I am rejoicing in my King,

My faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. 

To Him I joyfully will sing,

Who for my sake was sacrificed. 

I am rejoicing in His rule,

Who holds my hand in tribulation

As He instructs me in His school

To trust Him in each situation.  

Eternal vs. Ephemeral

Read:  Psalm 100 / Proverbs 24 / Job 1 /Revelation 18

Psalm 100:4-5 Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Proverbs 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Job 1:20-21 Then Job arose... and worshipped, and said... the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Revelation 18:17 In one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off. 

Eternal and ephemeral

Are timely opposites we measure.

How fleeting is the temporal! 

How precious is eternal treasure! 

Prepare, therefore, to build today

Upon eternity's foundation,

And not on things that pass away,

Unmindful of the Lord's salvation.