Looking Forward

I Thessalonians 1: 10

And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God's Son from Heaven--Jesus, Whom God raised from the dead. He is the One Who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.

O my Father, thank You for this wonderful promise, that we are rescued from terror. Just as You rescued Your children Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael (Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego) from the terror of the fiery furnace, and Daniel (Belteshazzar) from the terror of the lions' den, so You will rescue us from the terrors of the coming judgment. Whatever will befall us in these Last Days, we will not need to be terrified, as You will give us Your peace that surpasses all human understanding. 

Even if we are in the middle of a maelstrom, we may see a thousand fall at our left hand, and ten thousand at our right hand, but it will not come near us (Psalm 91:7). We are not subject to Your wrath, Father, that You will unleash upon the World, as You have already placed the wrath we deserve on Jesus on Calvary.

Father, I do look to the coming of Your Son Jesus from Heaven. Every time I look up and see clouds in the sky, I admire Your beauty You put there, and think of Jesus, coming with clouds, anticipating His return with excitement. What kind of clouds I don't know: Heavenly clouds? Clouds of glory? Earthly clouds, to shield Him from the World's view as He calls out His own? It doesn't matter; You know, Father, and that is sufficient for me.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!