Year 3: Day 359: Revelation 15-16

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Discipleship Focus: People of Peace

• People of Peace: A person of peace is someone whom God has prepared to hear God’s message through you.  God does all the work of preparing that person for your presence in their life. Because of this preparation, these people will like you.  They will listen to you.  They will serve with you as you live out God’s calling for your life.

It might seem odd to talk about people of peace on a day that we read about the outpouring of God’s final judgment of the earth.  After all, could there be any time of human existence where people were less receptive to God than at the end of this age?

In that question, though, we can find the reason why I decided to focus on the concept of People of Peace today.  The people of Revelation 16 rebel against God.  These people curse God when He comes against them.  These people are antagonistic to God having power in their life.  These people have no interest in repentance.  These people are focused on themselves and that means nothing can be done with them except judgment.  These people are in the time of judgment because none are left who will listen.  These people are in the time of judgment because there is none who desires to be at peace with God.

What can we learn from this?  A person of peace perceives God’s preparation within them and receives it.  A person of peace is willing to submit to the power of truth.  A person of peace is one who desires relationship with God and God’s people.  A person of peace is one who receives God’s proclamation about our need to repent and live according to His ways while rejecting the ways of the world.

When we cease being a person of peace to God and God’s people, there is nothing that remains for us except judgment.

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