Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:12-14 (NIV)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
One of the most precious attributes of Jesus is His willingness to stay with something when all others would give up on it. Just when it looks like the end has come, He sees the slightest sign of life and does all He can for it. As Isaiah once prophesied, He doesn’t snuff out the smoldering wick or break the bent and bruised reed (Isaiah 42:3). He comes alongside and fans the smallest spark into a flame and binds up what is bent.
What a comfort to know that the Lord doesn’t give up or quit on us, even when every one else (including ourselves) would. Many, if not most of us, would never have come to God had He treated us the way the average human being would. And we should follow His lead in this. We should hold out hope for even the slightest signs of life in the lives of those around us.
GodSpeaks Devotional for 5/20/2010
