Week One of my God’s Promises adventure:
Deuteronomy 30 became my Context Passage and I chose verse 6 to memorize and ponder this week.
Promise to memorize:
Day one, I was rather troubled by the “circumcision” aspect—after all, I’m not a guy. But when I used my concordance, it led me to Colossians 2:8-15. This “circumcision” is the symbol used to describe God’s cutting away the old nature from me, making me new in Jesus Christ.
I am new in Christ! How amazing! HE did it! I didn’t seek Him. I didn’t save myself. I didn’t and can’t separate myself to be holy like Him. This is work only He can do. And here, in this verse, He promises that He has made me His own. And a really fabulous bonus in this is the joy of knowing that He will work in the lives of my descendants, too! WOW!
Yesterday I noticed in the Colossians passage that He is the one responsible for ALL the aspects of my salvation. How wonderful is that? I am not responsible for being “good enough” to “make it in to heaven.” HE did that!
Today I saw that He has forgiven ALL my transgressions. Psalm 103 immediately came to mind and when I went there, verses 11 and 12 popped out. I pondered how complete is His forgiveness of my sins–“as high as the heavens” and “as far as the east is from the west.”
That second image in particular is very strong. Think of a globe (our earth). If you were to able to walk north (of course, you have to ignore oceans and other “obstacles” for the sake of illustration) …in a straight line, and finally reach the North Pole. What happens if you keep walking the same line right across the top of the earth? That’s right. Suddenly you are going south! And if you could keep walking south until you got to the South Pole, and you crossed that barren landmark and kept walking in your straight line, what direction would you be walking? Yep. North. Hmmm. OK, now let’s start at our home again but this time let’s say you walk east. Keep walking in a straight line east. Will you ever cross a point where you won’t be going east? No. Turn around and walk west. Same thing. This is a magnificent picture of God’s complete forgiveness of our sin. I love His Word! This truth about His loving kindness to me just thrills me every time I read it.
QUESTION: What has God taught you this week in your time with Him in His Word?