Revelation 3:7–13 (ESV)
To the Church in Philadelphia
7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
8“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and
have not denied my name.9Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn
that I have loved you.10Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.11I
am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.12The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name
of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Jesus assures the struggling Church in Philadelphia that their faithfulness to Him will be fully vindicated and rewarded.
Outside the Church, and sadly sometimes even within it, there is a tendency to look down on those with little power. But the Lord sees things differently. He looks for faithfulness rather than power, and He gives unsurpassed strength—even over death
itself—to those who trust in Him.
I pray: “Lord, keep us steadfast in Your Word …
Though life be wrenched away, They cannot win the day. The Kingdom’s ours forever!” Amen.