All Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
 
WE use Paul’s teaching to Timothy to contemplate Revelation’s message.
   Now it is done. We have examined The Revelation of Jesus Christ, this magnificent epistle to the church of Jesus Christ. Verse by verse we have seen God’s sovereign majesty over his creation now and forever.
   Too often Revelation is seen only as what will happen in the future. What God revealed to John was happening in the first century and is occurring now, isn’t it? The devil seems to have his way. Great turmoil has infected and affected the world for centuries. Peace seems nonexistent.
   Still we can rejoice knowing the future, eternal peace all God’s people will celebrate with him. Yes, there will be a final time when all is fulfilled. Awaiting that day, we must live in this knowledge: God is sovereign over the world. With God’s permission, trials and tribulations oppose his church. Satan will deceive much of the world. God has marked his own to be delivered from evil. God will come for his own to re-establish his perfection on earth. His faithful church will live in his light forever!
   This is the purpose of all Scripture. It is a living, breathing document from God to mankind. Each day we can open the Bible to discover useful, living truth for our lives. God breathes himself into us. We receive the Word, and it becomes alive in us as the Holy Spirit quickens our minds and hearts to know the truth.
   Praise the Lord. He has given us useful information to navigate life, so we will be prepared to meet him one day.
 
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for your useful, living, breathing Word. Open our minds to know how useful it is for our lives each minute of each day until we stand before you. Amen.