About an hour before I am ready to go to bed each evening, Bob often finds a Western on the television. I grab my earphones and computer and head to YouTube to listen to songs that touch my heart instead. One of my favorites is “Hallelujah Praise the Lamb” by the Talley Trio.
When I look around me, I see so much injustice, so much hurt, danger, and evil. I see people oppressed by the enemy of their soul. I see the enemy getting a foothold in their lives, causing them to question God’s love for them. I see them loathing themselves and coming under condemnation, instead of understanding the conviction of God’s Spirit to restore and heal. And I cry, when? “When, God, will you set things right?”
The waiting for God to set all things right can be so difficult. But as I listen to “Hallelujah Praise the Lamb” I remember that the Lamb of God purchased for us “mercy, grace and love that knows no bounds.” And that “though guilty and condemned I now am free.” And “forever I’m forgiven for Christ the Lord has risen and risen with Him we shall one day be.”
When I remember those things, as that song reminds me, I know it is going to be all right. My heart can sing His praise again! As I listen, I hear God whisper the promise, the same promise He makes in Revelation 6:11 to the ones martyred during the tribulation. They were told “to wait a little while longer” for Him to make it all right.
Thank you, Father, for the sure promise that there is coming a time when You will make it all right, and wrong will be banished forever. Help me to spend my “wait,” my life, for Your Kingdom. Amen, come quickly Lord Jesus.
