Feb 1, 2014 Be Redeemed

Be Redeemed

Read Genesis 27

Gen 27:19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may give me your blessing.”

THIS is not a good Mother’s Day message. When Jacob says, “I am Esau.” he lies in a plot his mother Rebekah had devised. Mom’s the one intent for Jacob to steal Esau’s blessing. Mom’s the one to tell her son to lie and to put a hateful wedge between her two sons. Where’s God to stop the sin?

      That’s always the question. Where is God when sin happens? Thankfully, the answer is the same from the Garden of Eden to the battles of Revelation: God is present with his people to redeem them to his ultimate purpose.

      Yes, it is difficult for us to understand that God will use sin to bring glory to his name. But you see that he knew this sin would happen. “The Lord said to Rebekah, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.’” (Gen 25:13) As God’s prophecy came true, God acted. Just as he had with Abraham’s sin with Hagar, and just as he would act later with David’s sin with Bathsheba, God will reach into this family to redeem them from this evil.

      To His glory, God certainly still redeems today. He knew he would need to always redeem the sin in his people, even you. Graciously he has literally reached down to stretch his hands on a cross and acted to save you from the Evil One.

      To God be the glory.

LIFE Link: Thankfully praise the Savior, who has acted to redeem you.