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Day 365, or December 31st. The best is yet to

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come. Our thoughts today are from Revelation

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22, verse 12. Look, I am coming soon. My reward

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is with me, and I will give to each person according

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to what they have done. First, the big picture

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surrounding this verse. These final chapters

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of the Bible answer conclusively all those who

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have asked throughout history, why doesn't God

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do something about this mess? John has shown

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that he will, and we will all know about it when

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it happens. The devil is finally dealt with,

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and I find myself almost feeling sorry for him,

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but only nearly. The competition wasn't fair,

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was it? He never realized that God always knows

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best. God's perfect plan for the whole of his

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creation will come to a climax in God's time.

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In the meantime, we can live our lives in that

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certainty. And now our action step for today.

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We've travelled together from Genesis all the

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way through to Revelation. Each day, We have

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looked at a verse as we have progressed book

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by book, and I trust God has spoken to you as

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we have explored the Bible together. He spoke

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to me each time as I wrote it, and then as I

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tried to communicate the truths of Scripture

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in just a few words, and then all over again

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as I have recorded it. The words in today's final

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text thrill me, challenge me, and sadden me,

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all at the same time. Jesus confirms that he

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is coming soon, but I have not yet completed

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all I know he wants me to do. My life is full

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of ragged edges that should be finally bound

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up and stamped complete. Do you have anything

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still to do that you know God has challenged

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you to do? I read recently that Leonardo da Vinci

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never finished his most famous painting, the

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Mona Lisa. In fact, he hardly ever finished anything.

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He was a gifted dreamer rather than an achiever.

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Don't follow his example. You've made a great

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start by finishing this audiobook. Well done.

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Why not consider progressing to Step by Step,

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which is available in MP3 audio format as well,

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and cover the whole of the Bible next time? Whatever

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you do, don't miss out on what God has to say

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to you each day.