S.O.A.P.

September 1: Ezekiel 15, 16; Psalm 70; Revelation 6

…as You really are!

Scripture: Revelation 6:12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig-tree when shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"

Observation: As I pondered the awesome wrath of God displayed in creation, I noted that the people on earth seem to have no question as to what is happening. They are not experiencing some quirk of nature; this is not a storm on the face of the sun; this was the wrath of God the Father “who sits on the throne,” and the wrath of Jesus, “the Lamb.”

Application: How foolish to ignore this awesome God who sent His Son to die for my sin. He wants me to serve Him because I love him, but he loves me so intensely that he reveals His holy and awesome anger.

Prayer: Lord, There are times I am so taken with your love that I do not consider your holiness and how continued sin raises your anger. Help me to know you as you really are. Amen.

Pastor Leon

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