AMAZED
Today's reading: Revelation 16-18

"Why are you so amazed? the angel asked..." Revelation 17:7 NLT

Amazed-to have been filled with wonder; to have shown or caused astonishment.

The happenings in Revelation led the angel to ask the city of Babylon why it was so amazed when the punishment promised was doled out. Why they were surprised when they got what they knew they had coming to them. How they could be surprised when the warning they had been given repeatedly fell into their laps.

And why are we so amazed when God chooses to answer us?

When He heals?

When He provides?

When He comforts?

When He sends just what we need?

Is it because we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that we are the most undeserving of His blessings?

Is it because we know the many, many, many reasons why we shouldn't be granted His favor?

Is it because we have no doubt that there is no power what so ever in our prayers--only in the One who hears them?

This is an amazing time of year, that's for sure. But then again, as a child of His, shouldn't every day be that way?