Words Promised For Those Who Are Victorious

I hear my own voice reading Revelation 3 out loud and I come to the words promised for those who are victorious. “I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life but will acknowledge that name before my Father and His angels.” My heart is filled with such love and tears form in my eyes as I picture a time where Jesus stands before God the Father and says my name. He doesn’t blot me out, or discard me. 

Many times I have been discarded, discounted, pushed aside, picked last, told that I am unlovable, unworthy, I have dirt on my hands and face. But when everyone else passes me by, Jesus calls me, washes me clean, intercedes for me and stands before Almighty God to say that I, Nikki Fiedler, am His. Never could anyone on Earth bestow on me such love, peace and worth.

Yet Satan sings me a lullaby, and at times I drift asleep. Do I really believe what scripture says? Do I actually believe what Jesus has spoken to me? In and out I go, drifting here and there, numb at times to the compassion Christ connects me to. Heavy eyelids, block out God’s glory, His voice sounds distant as I begin to slumber under the desires of my flesh. The enemy composes a melody meant to confuse me, designed to pull me away from my Creator, my Father. 

“Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.” Jesus’s voice compels me to wipe the sleep from my eyes, and take action. Satan has cast his spell, but we must wake from this sound sleep. We’ve been lulled to complacency but Christ tells His church our deeds are unfinished. 

He is coming back like a thief in the night. Will we stay awake, alive in faith and spirit when we are surrounded with the enemy’s lullaby? When Christ returns will he find us faithful, or only as dead men walking? God, give us ears to hear the voice of your Spirit, who calls us to life and records our name in your book where it will never be blotted out. 

Grateful,

Nikki