🕯 Day 20 – The Bride Makes Herself Ready

📖 “The bride has made herself ready.” – Revelation 19:7

🔍 1. Exegetical Read

In Revelation 19, heaven erupts with praise—not because of signs, not because of judgment, but because of readiness. “The wedding of the Lamb has come, and the bride has made herself ready.”

The text doesn’t say she was made ready. It says she made herself ready. That phrase carries weight. In the Greek, hetoimasen heautēn implies active preparation. Personal accountability. Intimate urgency.

This isn’t salvation by works—but it is covenant by response.

She didn’t earn the Groom’s love. But she did prepare for His arrival.

🔁 2. Connection to the Week: Ready the Fire

All week has pointed here. You've reclaimed oil. Rebuilt your altar. Guarded your flame. Refused to quench the Spirit. Let Him refine you in the fire.

But now comes the question beneath all the others: Are you ready to meet Him?

Not just ready to be used. Not just ready to shine. Ready to belong. Ready to be found faithful, waiting, and wanting only Him.

The oil was never just for ministry. The altar was never just for impact. The fire was never just for witness.

All of it was preparation—for the return of the Bridegroom.

💡 3. Reconciling Moment

The question is no longer “Do I burn?” It’s “Does He see His bride in me?”

This isn’t about fear. It’s about focus. You are not just a servant. You are a bride-in-preparation. And the Groom is not coming for a distracted partner. He is coming for a ready one.

Dress yourself in expectancy. Trim your lamp. Steady your gaze. He’s closer than we think.

✍ Prompt:
What does “ready” look like in my life right now?