A remnant Listens

12/15-Revelation 3:4-6 “Yet you have a few who have not soiled their clothes…I will never blot out their name from the Book of Life...  He who has an ear, let them hear what the Spirit says to the church.”

Thoughts: The Spirit speaks to the churches, but we have to have an ear to respond.  Here the Spirit is telling those who are a remnant of a once great church to be faithful to God.  Elijah shows us the importance of being a part of the remnant and responding to God.   He remained faithful though the odds were against him and people had become faithless.  Yet from Elijah the faith renewed again. Elijah could have tried to form a new nation and leave the old rebellious one behind.  But his faithfulness made a difference.   The story of both the church at Sardis and Thyatira is similar to the current story of the church in the West.  There is a remnant in the church- who seek to follow the Lord.  They are not called to split the church- but to remain faithful to the Lord right where they are.  If we remain faithful where we are God can use us. 

Prayer: Lord, help me to be patient and faithful right where I am.  Help me to make a difference though I am only one.  Though all the world falls away, let me stay true and in love with you.