Today's Scripture
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Numbers 9 -11; Revelation 18
Get Out- Revelation 18: 4-8
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say, “Come out of her, my people, so that you don’t take part in her sins and don’t receive any of her plagues. 5 Her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God remembered her unjust acts. 6 Give her what she has given to others. Give her back twice as much for what she has done. In the cup that she has poured, pour her twice as much. 7 To the extent that she glorified herself and indulged her loose and extravagant ways, give her pain and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit like a queen! I’m not a widow. I’ll never see grief.’8 This is why her plagues will come in a single day—deadly disease, grief, and hunger. She will be consumed by fire because the Lord God who judges her is powerful.
What does this passage mean to me/us?
It will be easy to dismiss the main message of this chapter when we focus on destruction.
God’s main intention is for the people of God to come out from living in the city against God.
When the world strays away from God’s way, the word describes the world by saying “Her sins have piled up as high as heaven.” There will be times when we are called to go into the world and share the light of Jesus for the transformation of the world. However, we need to remember that there are times that the world is so far away from the light, even we, as people of light, will be infected by the power of sin. There are times when God needs to pull God’s people out because of the Love God has for God’s people.
We certainly are called to share the light of Jesus in this world. However, if we become part of the world and lose the light, everyone is a loss.
There is a delicate balance we are to maintain in our relationship with the world.
That is why Apostle Paul says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2).
Prayer
Lord, we are called to be the light of yours in this world. Help us not to be conformed to this world, but continue to transform us to share your light. However, help us remember that we are to love you more than we see in this world. Be with us today, In the name of Jesus, we pray, AMEN.
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