Scripture:
Revelation 6:5-6 (NKJV)
Revelation 6:5-6 (NKJV)
When He opened the second seal, I
heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” Another horse, fiery
red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from
the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him
a great sword.
Devotional:
Reading commentaries and listening
to what people say you can get various interpretations. Some people believe that we are going through
the various seals even today. Other
people believe it is all still to come.
In some ways the Roman Empire brought a false sense of peace to parts of
the world in those days. After World War
One and World War Two there was another false sense of peace. We have had wars and rumors of wars all
through the ages. Some minor and some worldwide.
In Verses five and six we are
faced with famine and scarcity of food.
In the United States, and several other countries, there is an abundance
of food, for most families. In other
parts of the world people are dying of starvation every day. It seems that the cost for just enough food
for one person to survive is outrageously high.
I look at what it costs today for bread and milk among other groceries and
I think it is outrageous. I find myself
doing what I said I would never do. I
compare prices from when I was young to what they are today. After all when I was first married you could
buy bread and milk for under a dollar each, OK milk might have been as much as
a dollar fifty. Today depending on the
brand of milk you can spend well over four dollars, on average about three and
a half dollars. Bread is now easily over
two dollars for a loaf, I have seen it as high as three dollars.
The point is not the actual cost
of the bread or milk. We have seen
skyrocketing price increases over the last several years. There have been wars and conflicts on the
rise. Even natural disasters appear to
have gotten worse. You certainly think
the end is coming. I am not going to say
we are or are not going through the various stages of the seals. What this tells me is that time is getting
short. Regardless of which stage we may
or may not be in one thing is clear. We
must reach out to the unsaved before it is too late. Christians cannot afford
to sit on the sidelines leaving the work for someone else. Christians need to step up and do their part
in making a difference. We can be that
difference for someone having food to eat, or a place to sleep. What one person does today can change
hundreds of lives not only today but for weeks, months, even generations down the
line.
One person can and does make a
difference. Even if by reaching out you
only change one life you made a difference.
One life would be saved. Who
knows how many lives that one life might change? For every life saved there will be
celebration in Heaven…
