Coffee With The Lord

Wow!! Bet it’s been a while since you heard the words to this old gospel song!!  I was reminded of them by my Bible reading during “coffee with the Lord” this morning… (see the Scripture reading below the words of the old gospel song).

“Lord, I care not for riches, neither silver nor gold;

 I would make sure of Heaven, I would enter the fold.

 In the book of Thy kingdom, with its pages so fair,

 Tell me, Jesus, my Savior, is my name written there?

Refrain

 “Is my name written there,

 On the page white and fair?

 In the book of Thy kingdom,

 Is my name written there?

“Lord, my sins they are many, like the sands of the sea,

 But Thy blood, O my Savior, is sufficient for me;

 For Thy promise is written, in bright letters that glow,

“Though your sins be as scarlet, I will make them like snow.”

“Oh! that beautiful city, with its mansions of light,

 With its glorified beings, in pure garments of white;

 Where no evil thing cometh to despoil what is fair;

 Where the angels are watching, yes, my name’s written there!

And the Scripture I read this morning…

“Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it… And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books… each person was judged according to what he had done… IF ANYONE’S NAME WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, HE WAS THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.”  (from Revelation 20:11-15)

I want to be sure my name has been written “in THE BOOK OF LIFE!”

As we approach the end of a very challenging year on all fronts… physically, politically, economically, socially, spiritually and morally; there is a temptation to default to anxiety and despair!  Don’t do it!  If you are a follower of Jesus Christ there is HOPE!  Hope, not by the definition of the broader pagan culture, but hope by the Bible’s definition… “Confident expectation in God’s promises and character!”  Regardless of what the evening news (even the breaking news) reports God is in control!.

Glad I had “coffee with the Lord” this morning!  I read His report on the matter this morning in the last book of the Bible… and I wrote these words in the margin:  “TWO GREAT VERSES I NEVER WANT TO FORGET!  God’s great, monumental and universal victory over all!”

The two verses?  Here they are… Believe me, worth memorizing and displaying in your home….

“The kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of His  Christ, AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER!” (Revelation 11:15)

“The devil will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast [the antichrist] and the false prophet are.  AND THEY WILL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER!” Revelation 20:10

My response?  HALLELUJAH!!!

I was up early this morning having “coffee with the Lord!”  Part of my Bible reading included the wonderful greeting from Apostle John to his dear friend Gaius…

I know it’s a few days early but I send it out to you, my “Coffee With the Lord” friends, in anticipation of the New Year just a few days away…

“To my good friends in anticipation of a New Year… “How truly I love you!  We’re the best of friends, and I pray for good fortune for you in everything you do, and for your good health!  I pray that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!  I am thrilled when I hear that you persist in following the way of truth.  NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN GETTING REPORTS THAT MY DEAR FRIENDS CONTINUE DILIGENTLY IN THE WAY OF TRUTH!” (adapted as my sincere New Years prayer for you as we face 2022 from 3 John 1–4 The Message)

May you have a New Year abundantly blessed by God!!!