We Know The Final Victor
Dallas Cowboys football team was playing. He talked about his excitement over their games and what a fan he was.
He would have someone tape the game for him when he was away, and then he could watch it when he got home. Most of the time, he would hear the final score before he got home.
Still, while watching the game he’d get engrossed in the plays as if they were happening in the present moment.
If the Cowboys were behind, Dr. Hendricks talked of being worried . . . until he remembered the final score (for games they had won, of course).
Even when it looked really bad, he could hold on to the fact that they had already won.
He went on to tell us that he felt that way about heaven. We as believers know the final score. We win.
The Book of Revelation opens up some of the future to us and tells us not only the battles that lie ahead but the final result.
The apocalyptic language of Revelation helps us see events with a new set of eyes. It promises that God’s power will ultimately defeat the forces of evil.
What a gift to know that we have the victory won, especially when times are difficult.
John received a glimpse that he shared with us, and we can hold on to it as all the information we need until the time as we know it ends.
Father, thank you for revealing to us the final battle results. Thank you for being with us in our suffering and for giving us a picture of life’s events from a heavenly perspective.
Help us keep that perspective in view.