LifeLink Devotions

Monday, February 20, 2023

2 Peter 3:3-4 “First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 

I cried the first time I heard them. I still cry every time I hear them. Two songs from two different artists in two different times, but they continue to have an impact on me. The scoffers who don’t believe the truths of these songs are blind, and so closed to the experience of real hope and joy. May I never become like them.

There are dozens of songs that depict the arrival of Jesus, and I encourage you to make a playlist of them and listen to it consistently. These are the two on the top of my list. May the words of these songs connect you more deeply to the truth that Jesus is coming, and He’s coming for you if you are His child. Be blessed and encourage as you read these words.

The King is Coming by Bill Gaither

The marketplace is empty, no more traffic in the street
All the builder’s tools are silent, no more time to harvest wheat
Busy housewives cease their labor, in the courtroom no debate
Work on earth has been suspended as the King comes through the gate.

Happy faces line the hallway, those whose lives have been redeemed
Broken homes He has mended, those from prison He has freed
Little children and the aged hand in hand stand all a-glow
Who were crippled, broken, ruined, clad in garments white as snow

I can hear the chariot’s rumble, I can see the marching throng
And the fury of God’s trumpet spells the end of sin and wrong
Regal rolls are now unfolded, heaven’s grandstands all in place
Heaven’s choir is now assembled, start to sing ‘Amazing Grace’

Chorus:
The King is coming, the King is coming
I just heard the trumpet sounding and soon His face I’ll see
The King is coming, the King is coming
Praise God, He’s coming for me

We Shall Behold Him by Sandi Patti

The sky shall unfold
Preparing His entrance
The stars shall applaud Him
With thunders of praise

The sweet light in His eyes, shall enhance those awaiting
And we shall behold Him, then face to face

O we shall behold Him, we shall behold Him
Face to face in all of His glory
O we shall behold Him, yes we shall behold Him
Face to face, our Savior and Lord

The angel will sound, the shout of His coming
And the sleeping shall rise, from there slumbering place
And those remaining, shall be changed in a moment
And we shall behold him, then face to face

We shall behold Him, o yes we shall behold Him
Face to face in all of His glory
We shall behold Him, face to face
Our Savior and Lord
We shall behold Him, our Savior and Lord
Savior and Lord!

Praise God, He’s coming for me, and I shall behold Him face to face in all His glory. How about you!

Pastor John