Daily Devotional | A Doxology

As many letters of the New Testament, Jude’s letter ends with a doxology, an expression of praise to God. Jude’s doxology begins by addressing God directly: “To him” (v. 24). He praises “the only God our Savior” (v. 25). God is the focus, the center, and the purpose in this doxology, and in our lives. After warning of the many threats that had grown up within the church and would increase in the last days, Jude ends by reminding us that God can keep us from “stumbling” (v. 24)!

Jude’s words remind us of Hebrews 12:1,“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” As believers, we can run with the end as our focus, assured that God will keep our feet steady and enable us to reach the finish line. We can finish “without fault” based not on our own effort but on the perfection bought by Christ’s sacrifice.

Verse 25 shifts our focus to the greatness of our God, His “glory, majesty, power and authority.” We serve a God who was “before all ages” and will exist “forevermore.” When we read the book of Revelation, we are amazed by the majesty of God and the Lamb (Jesus). Revelation 4 states that the four living creatures day and night never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come” (Rev. 4:8). Later, 24 elders fall down before Him and say, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being” (Rev. 4:11). What an awe-inspiring God we serve!