Devotional 125 - Season 7 - No, Not You. It is a Lie. God is the God of All Comfort.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;" 2 Corinthians 1:3
This is a special passage for me because on a day early in my walk with the Lord, I needed comfort, and this verse was in my scheduled reading.
Today's episode has taken a turn. As I prayed this morning, I prayed, "The LORD your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy." Zephaniah 3:17 for all of you.
Pausing momentarily, I said, No, not you, Fred. He is not shouting over you with shouts of joy.
Repentance came immediately; what I said was not of faith.
What I had planned for this episode, I changed. The following thoughts I meditated on.
Theologically:
I remembered the people Jesus sought out to be in His kingdom.
When God said, I am choosing a man after my own heart, He chose David, even knowing his sin with Bathsheba was coming.
God is in charge of our sanctification. I don't know why He acts so differently in us, but the Bible is clear. He is the God who Sanctifies; Exodus 31:13
Who did Jesus seek for His Kingdom?
A wanton and despised woman by a well, John 4. A crippled man by the wayside, John 5. An adulterous woman in John 8, a blind, useless man in John 9, and the failure of Peter, John 21. Finally, a man on a cross who knew He was a sinner is today in paradise with the Savior he called out to. Luke 23:43
"How Does Jesus think of Us?" Now, a sermon by Sinclair Ferguson (listen to it, please)
"Father, I desire that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou didst love Me before the foundation of the world." John 17:24
These are you and I, beloved of God; we have believed because of the word written by the Apostles. -
Gifts from the Father to the Son. Our value is not intrinsic to our virtue, but because we are gifts from the Father to the Son.
Our So What?
Every time you are tempted to say to yourself, "no, not for you" (your name here), concerning the promises of God, remember Jesus thinks of you right now as a precious gift from the Father, and perish the thought "no. not for me."
Brethren, let's pray for one another.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheynee
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