Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)Read Acts 2:14-36
'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS
AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. – Acts 2:20
What a great day! A work associate, whose investments had exponentially grown, recently purchased a motorcycle as a personal reward. He was describing what a great deal he’d gotten through one of the online clearing houses, and how he couldn’t wait to ride it home. Now, this wasn’t the first “great deal” he’d come across. He also owned several rental properties, a business, and like I said many positive and equitable investments. For all intents and purposes, things were really going his way. One might even say, “His day had come.” Well, after having the bike less than a week he found himself lying in ICU at a local hospital as a result of a traffic accident with said motorbike. The very thing which days earlier symbolized good times and good days ahead now represented the precariousness and unpredictability of life.
In Acts 2:20, Peter was quoting the prophet, Joel, from Joel 2: 28-32. He wanted the gathering crowd to understand that prophecy was being fulfilled in their midst. God’s Spirit was being poured out on ordinary people right in front of their eyes as a precursor to the great and awesome day of the Lord. He was clearly stating to everyone present, Jesus, the Christ, could return at any moment!
Believers in Peter’s day lived with the full expectation that Jesus could and probably would return at any moment. Now, two millennia have gone by and believers still live in expectation and hope of Christ’s soon return…or do we. When was the last time we actually lived life in the light of eternity. The day to day practice of our faith does help keep things in perspective. A daily quiet time, moment by moment prayer, a thankful spirit, and a continual self-reminding that all we do is to be done for Christ are essential elements for remembering Christ’s soon return. Jesus really can return at any moment and I, for one, want to live in the light of His coming.
GLORIOUS DAY (LIVING HE LOVED ME)
Living He loved me, dying He saved me, buried He carried my sins far away
Rising He justified, freely forever.
One day He's coming, Oh glorious day
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