There Will Be a Day

"9After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
13Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15"Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.""
-Revelation 7:9-17

That imagery has been so powerful for me over the past couple of days as I've thought about it. God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

There will be a day when God wipes this all away. There will be a day when I finally, finally get to kneel before my Jesus, draped in the white robes that He clothed me in, and kiss His feet with tears streaming down my face. There will be a day with no shame, no guilt, and no filth. I long for the day when He will reach down and wipe the tears from my eyes and say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." I long to know and understand who and what He sees when He looks at me. I want to see Him in all His unveiled glory, on His throne, reigning as the king that He is.

And even today my heart is broken with gratitude for this grace. What could He possibly have seen in this dirty, depraved man? What could I possibly have to offer this King of Kings? How could He possibly be so good? How could He trade my rags for his royal robes?

Jesus, how could You possibly love me that much?


There will be a day
with no more tears
no more pain
and no more fears

There will be a day
when the burdens of this place
will be no more
we'll see Jesus face to face.

There will be a day
He will wipe away the tears
He will wipe away the tears
He will wipe away the tears
-Jeremy Camp