Podcast 28.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

When He shall come with trumpet sound

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV

Oh what a glorious day that will be when we finally see Jesus returning for us. The sound of that trumpet will be the most awe-inspiring thing we have ever heard. Then we will look up to see the most wonderful sight we will have ever seen. Ask Jesus to help you be ready.

O may I then in Him be found

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV

For many it will be an awful day because they will not be prepared, having built their lives on something other than the Rock of Christ. That is the only way to be certain you will be with the Lord, build your life on Him and His truths. Pray for those who are not prepared.

Dressed in His righteousness alone

And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith Philippians 3:9 ESV

We will rejoice that day, not because of our rightness but because Jesus covered us with His righteousness. That righteousness comes through faith in Christ. Ask the Spirit to reveal if you are in Him, trusting in His righteousness alone to make you right with our Holy God.

Faultless to stand before the throne

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy… Jude 1:24 ESV

If you are trusting Jesus alone then you are trusting the One who is able to help you stand before the throne because you will be dressed in His righteousness. That makes you blameless, faultless, by no merit of your own. Give Him praise for that incredible work.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

When He shall come with trumpet sound
O may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne

Take the mindfulness of God's presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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