Will I see my loved ones again? In today’s Words From The Word devotion, Pastor Roderick Webster opens 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (KJV) to answer a question that touches every family at some point—especially in seasons of grief.

Paul writes so believers won’t be ignorant and won’t sorrow like those who have no hope. Pastor explains that Scripture doesn’t say we should not sorrow. It teaches us the difference between sorrowing without hope and sorrowing with hope—because in Christ, death is not the end.

This passage also gives the order of events when the Lord returns: the Lord Himself will descend, the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then living believers will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air. That word “together” matters—because it points to reunion, comfort, and an eternal future with Christ.

Pastor also highlights why Paul says God will “bring with Him” those who have died in Jesus—showing that believers who die are with the Lord, and their bodies will be raised at Christ’s coming.

If you’re grieving today, this devotion is meant to steady your heart and strengthen your hope. And it also includes a personal call: make sure you are truly in Christ, because only those in Christ share this comfort.

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