What Time is It?

Christian Commitment
in Today's World
Revelation 14:6-13 (the Message) 

Voices from Heaven

 ^6-7I saw another Angel soaring in Middle-Heaven. He had an Eternal Message to preach to all who were still on earth, every nation and tribe, every tongue and people. He preached in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory! His hour of judgment has come! Worship the Maker of Heaven and earth, salt sea and fresh water!"  ⁸A second Angel followed, calling out, "Ruined, ruined, Great Babylon ruined! She made all the nations drunk on the wine of her whoring!"
 ^9-11A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, "If anyone worships the Beast and its image and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God's wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger, and suffer torment from fire and brimstone in the presence of Holy Angels, in the presence of the Lamb. Smoke from their torment will rise age after age. No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name."
 ¹²Meanwhile, the saints stand passionately patient, keeping God's commands, staying faithful to Jesus.
 ¹³I heard a voice out of Heaven, "Write this: Blessed are those who die in the Master from now on; how blessed to die that way!"
   "Yes," says the Spirit, "and blessed rest from their hard, hard work. None of what they've done is wasted; God blesses them for it all in the end."

For Reflection
What time is it?  Ignore the past -- it is gone.  The sins of the past are wiped away.  Disregard the future - what control do you have over it anyway? The time is now! What are you doing today, now, that glorifies God? What if the "hour of judgment" is now?  What would you do differently?  What is holding you back?

Pray for strength to over come the tyranny of our time -- our Beast.  Pray for the courage to do today what your know in your heart needs doing in service to our Lord.