Thursday Devotional – Jesus is Worthy of Feasting! (2/12/26)

I attended a family friend’s wedding several years ago that had numerous festivities over several days. In fact, there were specific types of clothing we (my parents, siblings and spouses) were to wear, depending on the day’s event. It was a memorable experience!

What’s the best banquet, wedding or celebration you have ever attended?

The best wedding celebration still awaits us – the wedding feast of the Lamb!

Revelation 19:6-10 ⁶ Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!
    For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad
    and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready.
⁸ Fine linen, bright and clean,
    was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

⁹ Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

¹⁰ At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”

As a bride prepares herself for her wedding day, we are called to prepare for Jesus’s return and His wedding feast. This preparation isn’t about “doing good and trying harder,” but by receiving the clean clothes (verse 8) Jesus offers us (Revelation 7:14). Our “righteous acts” start with faith in Jesus and what He’s done to save us. We can’t do anything pleasing to God without being first covered in Jesus’s robes of righteousness. His blood covers our sin, and His Holy Spirit enables us to serve Him. It’s His work in and through us.

You’ve received an invitation to the wedding supper of the Lamb. What an undeserved blessing! How have you responded to this invitation? Jesus is worthy of this eternal celebration feast, and we get to join the endless party!    

Alice

Thursday Devotional – Jesus is Worthy to Clothe in Righteousness (10/16/25)

Do you lay out your clothes the night before? I often remind our kids to lay out their clothes the night before so they are ready to get dressed quickly in the morning. However, Edmund couldn’t find his favorite pair of shorts last night. He wanted to lay them out to wear for today, but he couldn’t find them in his closet, drawer, hanging up in the basement on his clothesline, or in the basket of dirty clothes. He had to settle for a different pair.

As Christians, we’re commanded to remain “dressed” and ready for Jesus’s return, which could happen at any moment. By staying close to Jesus and His Word, we won’t be caught off guard, unprepared, or deceived by Satan and his spirits. In contrast, the rulers at the end of the world will be arrogantly deceived by Satan, foolishly gathering for battle against God.

Revelation 16:12-16  ¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. ¹³ Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ¹⁴ They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

¹⁵ “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

¹⁶ Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The blessed in verse 15 have repented and remained faithful to God. They are clothed in Jesus’s robes of righteousness. We can’t earn our place in heaven before a Holy God, but we can accept Jesus’ sacrifice in our place and His garments of salvation.

Isaiah 61:10   I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Have we humbly accepted Jesus’ robe of righteousness, so God sees us as He sees Jesus? Or, do we arrogantly think we can outsmart God, like the kings gathering for a doomed battle against God Almighty?

Instead of fighting against God, we can enjoy Jesus’ victory over Satan through accepting His salvation via the cross. Jesus has laid out His righteous clothes for us, so we are ready to be clothed for the New Day when He takes us to Heaven.