Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, June 15, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
God creates and re-creates. This is what it means to reign over all creation, to be the one we pray for when we say, “Your kingdom come.” There is so much hope in this simple sentence. No matter how terrible things seem, no matter the destruction, the trauma, the degradation, God, who created everything in the first place, will make all things new. Some of this is already happening, as God’s reign breaks into our daily lives any time love and justice are manifest. Some of it we can continue to strive for in our lives. And some of it we have to accept we have no control over, do our best to change what we can, and trust that God’s got this. God’s kingdom does come and is coming and we can hold out hope that one day we will see all things made new.
Do passages from Revelation make me nervous or give me hope or both?
