In Touch Daily DEVOTIONAL for 5th December 2023 Tuesday
You are welcome to Today’s In Touch Daily Devotional written by Dr Charles Stanley and published by In Touch Ministry. Charles F. Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. He demonstrates a keen awareness of people’s needs and provides Christ-centered biblically-based principles for everyday life.
Today’s Topic: An Invitation Back to the Future
Understanding God’s plan for tomorrow helps us make better choices today.
Scripture: Revelation 1:1-3
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
In Touch Daily Devotional – Dr. Charles Stanley 5th December 2023
In A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Ebenezer Scrooge grave images of his future. Scrooge cries, “No, Spirit! Oh, no, no! … Hear me! I am not the man I was … Why show me this, if I am past all hope?” Through his fictional work, Charles Dickens wanted to show readers a very real truth: Making necessary changes in their life today leads to a different, better future.
For followers of Jesus, the book of Revelation points to this reality in a sobering but ultimately hopeful way—not as a work of fiction, but as a powerful, prophetic truth. The opening verses of Revelation carry a promise for us: “Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (1:3).
Revelation invites us to peer ahead to the future so we will repent of our sin and live faithfully—today and every day. We can be assured that the Author and Finisher of our faith knows the end of the story. And He calls us to live in readiness, repentance, and hope as we journey toward eternity with Him.
Bible in One Year: 2 Corinthians 9-13
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