In the day of Isaiah, Israel was in a national covenant with Yahweh. God chose them to be his holy nation, and he promised them material blessings based upon covenantal faithfulness. However, should they choose to rebel and turn away from him, disastrous national curses would be their promised lot. Famous was Israel’s folly. For … More Behold Our God!
Big Idea: The more I cherish my holy, powerful, sovereign, righteous, commanding, perfect, angry, just, all-knowing, and unchanging God, the more I cherish his being gentle and lowly as well. In having my devotions this week, I became reacquainted with Deuteronomy 28:15-68. As I read, try as I might, I could not make it warm … More Why I Cherish a “Gentle and Lowly” God?
Today, I want to be like God. He casts our sins into the sea of forgetfulness. I want to do the same. Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Today, I want to be like … More The Gospel Art of Forgetfulness
Unfathomable Grace 