Act Now - Malachi 4:1-6

I was reading a devotional this morning and was stopped by this comment about relationships.  "In the intensive care waiting room the world changes."  Many of you reading this can understand what it means.  I know I can, but if not for the 'waiting room' experiences of almost a year ago, I probably couldn't.

"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them." (Malachi 4:1)
Do we place too much value on feelings?  Feelings aren't facts, as they say in 12-step recovery rooms.  Our painful memories aren't accurate or at the very least no longer relevant. In the waiting rooms of life we find that grudges disappear, past hurts fade and hearts are healed.  Why should it take a waiting room experience to find peace and to give love a second chance?

God is instructing us to cast aside our arrogant ways and embrace our relationships, appreciating the fact they may only be for a season.  God is preparing us for eternity with Him, but we have to learn how to love each other so we can love Him.

"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:2)

Read the Malachi 4:1-6 text here.  Listen to a reading of the  text here.