AMEN!!

In II Corinthians 1:20, we find a wonderful little verse -- "For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."  That wonderful little four letter word, "Amen", is quite a remarkable word and is practically a universal word.  It has been called the best-known word in human speech.  I read in a little devotional that it is almost identical to the Hebrew word for believe or faithful.  It is a beautiful expression of absolute trust and confidence, so that when we pray according to God's will we know He will answer, so we close our prayer with "Amen".

This wonderful little word, "Amen", is even a title of Christ Himself, for we see that the last of His letters to the seven churches in Revelation begins with a beautiful salutation by the glorified Lord:
     "These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God" (Revelation 3:14).  As our text verse reminds us -- every promise of God in Christ is "yea and amen", so it seems very meaningful that the entire Bible closes with an "amen" in Revelation 22:21 --
     "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen."  Praise the Lord!  It makes me want to sing along with the songwriter --

            "Hallelujah!  Amen!  Hallelujah!  Amen!
                                Hallelujah!  Amen!  Amen!  Amen!"