Thurs., 12/28/17 Devotion (Rev. 19:6b)

Today's encouragement comes from Revelation 19:6b, where we read these words:

"Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!"

Are we not glad that this statement above is true—today? It does not say, "The Lord *will* reign someday”; or, “Christ's reign means everything goes smoothly and without a hitch." The reign of our Messiah—between His resur-rection and the great judgment day—is a rule from the midst of a redeemed church, which (in its militant state) finds itself in a fallen world.

Let us not be too moved by wars and rumors of wars, and by international in-trigue and upheaval. Over all these things our Lord God Omnipotent reigns.

[Puritan quote of the day: "You have a good God, a good Christ, and a good gospel.” —Obadiah Sedgwick, in, "The Anatomy of Secret Sins"]