Your Day Is Coming

March 28, 2008

By James Fields

While spending some time listening to and watching the three major networks recently, I found myself becoming angry. Every program, it seemed, was altogether ungodly, anti-Christian and immoral.

The anger I felt toward sin and this sinful world then turned to grief. I found myself mourning over the sin all around us. I thought of the words of an earlier child of God, “Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed” (Psalm 119:136, NIV). To those who arrested Him, Jesus pointed out, “This is your hour — when darkness reigns” (Luke 22:53).

Sin will dominate the earth until Jesus returns. But we must not be disheartened by sin’s control of the world in which we now live. Our day is coming! Jesus will return to the earth and set up a kingdom of righteousness in which all resurrected saints will reign. Until our day comes, we must keep our meditation set upon things above, not on things of this earth. We must not allow grief over this world’s sin to drag us into despair.

The greatest resource for maintaining your joy each day is to carefully protect your private time with God. As you praise and enjoy fellowship with the Lord’s Spirit, He lifts your spirit out of despair and into hope.

Make God’s Word the focus of your meditation. You cannot simultaneously meditate on this world’s sin and keep your eyes on the Lord. So memorize Scripture, read the Bible, hear God’s Word preached and taught. The Word will fill you with peace in spite of the ocean of sin in which we live.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). Yes, we will be comforted when our day of righteousness comes. Until then, let the Lord who will bring you into His Day keep you encouraged today!

— James and Delores Fields are veteran Assemblies of God pastors and former missionaries. They founded Comfort and Encouragement Ministries in 1997.