Led By The Lamb

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 7:17

This is the supreme reality of heaven. There will be an intimate relationship between Christ and His church throughout eternity. He will be “the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne,” and He shall feed His own and shall lead them to fountains of living waters.

With this great certainty and assurance, the future holds no terrors we cannot face. Beyond the crisis lies heaven and the utopia of our dreams. Thus the Christian should never be filled with fear, discouragement, or despondency.

If you do not know Christ as Savior, the future is bleak and dark and pessimistic indeed. Surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ. Let Him come to your heart and transform you and change you.

Courage, faith, and fortitude come from the cross where Christ emptied Himself and humbled Himself, even to the death on the cross. Jesus said, “In the world you will have troubles; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.”

Oliver Goldsmith, the Irish poet and playwright, penned these insightful words:

Hope, like a gleaming taper’s light,

Adorns and cheers our way;

And still, as darker grows the night,

Emits a brighter ray.

You and I as Christians know the source of that “brighter ray.”

Our Father and our God, thank You for the ability to live in confidence and joy because of Jesus the Lamb. I am not afraid of the future or of passing through death from this world to Yours. I find my courage in my Savior, who has shown me the way to heaven by way of the cross. In Him, who has been resurrected, I celebrate life! In His name. Amen.

Billy Graham, Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010).