“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Remember what we have received, “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” Jude 3b and repent. When will we learn? When will we be be driven to our knees in shame and with heart rending sobs declare that we have sinned against You in not carrying the Gospel faithfully and in its entirety to the lost?
When am I going to fall to my knees, repenting of those times I have been too cowardly fearing the scorn of men over the wrath of God?
Today’s readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 59
Mid-day: 119:89-96
Evening: Psalm 135
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