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Revelation chapter 10 verse 10, and I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it.

It was sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

This is a short, potent verse that really describes how God's words, specifically in Revelation,

about his justice and his mercy, his wrath and his love, that we see in all of this imagery in Revelation and that we see

all over the Bible are both sweet and bitter in a sense at the same time that his word is sweet

to us. It is good. We long for his justice to reign. We long for God to bring an end to evil and suffering with

his righteousness. Like that is sweet in our mouths at the same time. This picture, when I had eaten it,

my stomach was made bitter. The more we let that word soak in, the more we realize how terrifying his

judgment is for those who do not trust in him and the love and grace that are offered in Christ.

And so at the same time that God's word is sweet, it is also sobering

in the same way that it is encouraging and confidence-giving and comforting to know that is

justice and righteousness will reign. It's also terrifying to realize what that means for those who've

not turned and trusted in the salvation that's offered in Christ. And so we pray then within this

tension. We live within this tension. We pray, God, we are so grateful for your justice and your righteousness we praise you for your

justice your righteousness your holiness you're promised to judge evil and sin and we long for that

as we pray continually god for your justice and righteousness to reign on the earth, for your

rule to reign. We pray for that. We plead for that at the same time, oh God, we know what that means

for people who have not trusted in you, who have not repented of sin and received the salvation

that is available in Christ. So God, we pray, help us,

help us to proclaim the gospel of salvation from sin. Help us to proclaim that today. God,

we pray for people in our lives that we know. Thinking about specific individuals in my life

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