God is unreasonable!
Just read the story of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20,24,32).
God carefully and lovingly warned the people by:
- Calling them His “treasured possession.”
- Emphasizing His power with thunder, lightning, and glory.
- Speaking the Ten Commandments aloud to them.
- Writing them down and reading them again to the people.
- Sprinkling blood on the people as a reminder of their promise to God.
- Promised three separate times to do all that God asked.
Then Moses went up on the mountain, and God’s glory settled like “a consuming fire.”
But within forty days, the Israelites made a golden calf and worshiped it as their god!
Unreasonable rebellion!
But not as unreasonable as God's love. Despite this blatant, unjustified rebellion, God continued to love and guide these stubborn people to the Promised Land.
What an accurate picture of human history…your history and mine…our unreasonable rebellion, God’s unreasonable love.
When we make Christ our Lord, we see the wonder of His love, and we cannot help but listen to Him, learn from Him, enjoy Him, and serve Him. Let's take some time today to thank Him for His love.
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Be encouraged by these one-minute devotions:
7 Important Truths about God's Love
If you've purchased Wisdom for Life, I suggest you read or reread Day 14 to reinforce the truths in this devotion.
wonderful post!
ReplyDeleteHow true this is! Praise God for His agape love for us all.
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