Looking Heavenward

 “Look, I am making everything new!” 

 Rev. 21:5

 And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.

  Rev. 7:17

Recently the word redeemer has come to my attention. It is such a beautiful word as it applies to our Savior because it speaks of the price he paid to buy back all that was lost and restore everything to its original condition.  

Are you tired of the futility and frustration of this broken world? Are you exhausted by sin, suffering, and death?  Are you burdened with the pain that lives inside you and outside you? Your Redeemer knows.  Your Redeemer understands. Your Redeemer cares.  His grace has been unleashed and its work will not be done until every last sin-broken thing has been fully and completely made new again.  Be encouraged, your Redeemer is at work!*

Isn't this good news. It is good to know that our Redeemer, knows and understands when we are feeling the pain and sorrow of our own sin or are affected by the sin of others.  It is good to remember where we are headed, that in the end he will redeem all things from death and decay. It is good to keep our gaze heavenward where we anticipate entering into glorious freedom, where all our tears will be wiped away and everything will be made new.

But with eager hope,

the creation looks forward to the day 

when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom 

from death and decay.

  Ro. 8:21

Listen:  My Redeemer is Faithful and True, Steven Curtis Chapman

*Tripp, Paul David, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional, Crossway, 2014, pg. 102.

Image:  Looking Heavenward by Marcia Breznah