March 21, 2014 God Brought

God Brings

Exodus 19

Ex 19:4 “‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”

SETTLE your mind for a moment and consider God’s words, “how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.” Who formed the union between God and his people?

      In the verb “brought” we are reminded of another union God formed. “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.” (Genesis 2:22) God created man. God created woman. Then God brought them together to form a perfect, complete union. This couple was to go and bless the world as God’s representatives, obeying his command to “rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”  (Gen 1:26)

      In that same manner, then, God created a nation and brought the people to himself. He set them apart out of the world, then out of Egypt that they would bless the world as they obeyed God’s commands.

      Ultimately the Jews would bless the world when God “brought” his Savior to the earth to die on a cross for the forgiveness of our sins. The Father  and the Son then “brought” the Holy Spirit into the world to bless you with the understanding of your sin and Jesus’ saving death.

      In essence, God has brought, through his people, his Son and his Spirit, eternal life to you.

LIFE Link: For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. (Ephesians 1:4-5)