Thur.’s Devo - World History

Read: Daniel 11:2-35; 1 John 3:7-24; Psalm 122:1-9; Proverbs 29:1 Today’s story reads like a soap opera. The awesomeness about it is that it hadn’t happened yet. I started out to write it all out as it happened in history and realized after two hours that it would take pages, be hard to understand and probably not be read. So, I’m going to sum it up in this…and the rest was history. It all happened just as he saw it and it can be read in the history books. God, who does not live in “time” has already seen it all happen. He has seen our end and knows it all ends well - just as he planned. First John explains how we know who is of God. A person who keeps sinning can not be of God because God hates sin. Cain was our example of evil. He murdered his brother Abel because of jealousy over his gift to God. Instead of repenting of not bringing the right sacrifice and wanting to learn what pleased God, he killed Abel because he did. The world is of Cain and they hate God and his children. We, who are believers love our brothers and sisters so we prove we are of Him. We show our love by being compassionate toward others. When we obey God, we show that we love him. We love him by loving one another. Lord, thank you that you hold the future of our outcome and our nation and our families in your hands. We trust you. We pray for more of your love to work through us to all of your children and even our enemies. Let your will be done on the earth as it is in heaven.