Last night, we played a game with my parents, and 9-year-old Edmund’s competitive spirit shone through. He rejoiced every time someone was sent back to start. Although he did not win, he handled it much better than he used to, congratulating the winner without sulking.
We all want to be on the
winning team. As followers of Jesus, we are on the winning team! After God’s
judgment on “Babylon the Great,” His followers rightly rejoice. They rejoice in
God’s timely justice, vengeance, salvation and reign.
Revelation 19:1-5 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,
2 for true and just are his
judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
3 And
again they shouted:
“Hallelujah!
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
4 The
twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and
worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:
“Amen, Hallelujah!”
5 Then a
voice came from the throne, saying:
“Praise our God,
all you his servants,
you who fear him,
both great and small!”
The word “Hallelujah” means “Praise
ye Yah” (short for Yahweh) or “Praise the Lord.” God is worthy of praise for
His sovereign power and control of all times, places and people.
Are you on God’s winning
team? Would He call you His servant, someone who fears Him? When the end comes,
will you be rejoicing in Heaven next to His throne with the multitude of His
followers?
We can begin our Hallelujahs
now, knowing God is already victorious and will have the final say! Which
attribute from the above passage is especially meaningful to you today? Let’s take
a moment to praise God for it.
Alice
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