Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Revelation 3:1-6.

 

“¹ To the angel of the church in Sardis write:

 

He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this:  ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.  ² Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die;  for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.  ³ So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.  Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.  ⁴ But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.  ⁵ He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments;  and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.  ⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”  Revelation 3:1-6.

 

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“Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die;  for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.”  Verse 2. 

We may not like to think about it, but we have become content to “rest on our laurels”.  We have become lethargic.  We have fallen asleep. 

Wake up!  Strengthen the things that remain!  

We may even have good routines.  We may have worked hard to get those good routines.  But now, we feel like we can coast.  We are getting older.  We preach and teach and no longer have to run the race.

Wake up!  Strengthen the things that remain! 

Even the Apostle Paul with all of his faith and accomplishments stated:  “Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.  Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet;  but one thing I do:  forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 3:12-14.

There were only “a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments”.  Verse 4.

Wake up!  Strengthen the things that remain!  Press on!