This was to fulfill what was spoken through the
prophet: "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN
SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD."
Insights: These past two weeks we have learned that the
King offered His Kingdom and the people rejected it. Did this rejection mess God’s plan up? Is He in heaven making alterations to His
original idea? Was Jesus’ judgment on
the people for rejecting His offer a tacked on event that was not supposed to
have happened? I think today’s verse
clearly tells us this change in direction on the part of our Lord and Savior
Jesus was directly in line with God’s original intent. Before the foundation of the world God knew
His Son would be rejected. He,
therefore, had Asaph hundreds of years before this thirteenth chapter wrote
those words found in today’s verse in a prophetic way pointing to the actions
of His Son, Jesus. In other words, God’s
schedule is right on course and time. He
is not making last minute alterations as He goes along. Rather this verse declares God is sovereign
and everything happens as He desires. In
many ways, this verse is a promise to us from God. If everything is proceeding as God designed
it, then His Son’s substitutionary death for your sins and mine was perfectly conceived
by Him as the way of salvation for His creation. A promise of salvation is being offered to
you. Remember back to yesterday for a
moment. None of us are staying in a stagnant
position when it comes to Lord Jesus. We
are either sinking deeper and deeper into darkness away from Him or we are
being brought higher and higher into His glorious light. If you will turn and repent of your sins and
cry out for Jesus to save you, He will.
He will begin a journey in which He increases His illumination of
spiritual truth until finally someday you shall know as you are known in the
eternal presence of the living Lord. I
am so grateful God extends the promise to us.
I pray you will enter into that relationship with Jesus if you have not
done so.
Questions:
- Have you received the promise of salvation offered to
you by Jesus Christ?
- If you have not, what is holding you back from such a great gift and promise?
Prayer: Father, thank
You that You have saved me. I pray You
will burden the hearts of those who are not Your children and draw on them to
receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. Amen.
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