Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be high and lifted up, exalted and glorified, in my heart and throughout my day. …
“The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers” (1 Peter 4:7).
I don’t know the day or the hour of the end of all things, none of us do except the Father (Mark 13:32). But the end of all things could be today for me or for any one of us—at least the end of all things, as we know it, on this side of heaven. So every day must count. What if every day counted as if it were the last day? What if every day counted as if You were coming in Your glory in the clouds tomorrow? What sort of life would I lead today? What sort of choices would I make today that I would not make otherwise?
Maybe the answer to these questions speaks of the true desires of my heart. What are the things in my heart that I would regret if they never came to pass? What are the things in my heart that would be a great disappointment to me if I stood there with You on the other side of heaven, having left them undone?
I know Your mercy and grace, the power of Your love, will cover it all. There will be no condemnation, only joy in Your Presence on that day (Matthew 25:23). Your grace will be sufficient; and Your grace will cover the abundance of my sins because I’ve entrusted my life into Your hands. “Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Romans 5:20, NKJV). Praise God! Hallelujah! I’m so glad I don’t have to earn Your approval or my salvation—I have it already and forever by just being Your son who’s received Your Spirit in me through my personal relationship with You (Galatians 4:6-7). But when it’s all been said and done, I just wonder what I’d wish had been said and done through my life to the glory of Your name that wasn’t.
O Lord, You know the days of my life that remain. You see the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. All my days are in Your hands. So, I pray You would discipline me, transform me, cleanse me, purify me, inspire me, awaken me, anoint me, empower me—even as You take my self-centered thoughts off of me—to fulfill my destiny and fully live out my identity that I have in You. “More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith” (Philippians 3:8-9). That’s the state of being, the desire of my heart I want to have whenever that final day comes at the end of all things. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Come to the Fountain This Friday Night! January 21st, our Messiah Ministries’ monthly city-wide gathering for prayer, praise, and healing worship, hosted in the Chapel at Centenary UMC, 2800 Tates Creek Rd, Lexington, Kentucky at 7 PM. This month will also be a Pre-Summit Gathering of worship and prayer for our 4th Annual Greater Lexington Strategic Prayer Summit coming up soon the weekend of February 4-5, hosted this year at Consolidated Baptist Church. All are welcome. Please come join us and spread the word!
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