Saturday 30 Nov 2013

Saturday Reading: Psalm 85:10-13

Key Verse: Psalm 85:10
Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Devotion:
I do love the poetry of the Psalms as they give us what has been and what is to come; the whole Word of God is so very precious and yet we live by single verses or passages as we come across them in our daily walks with God. Mercy and truth met together as they came to us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Never before had we seen such a perfect match as when Christ came to us in human form to deliver us from our sinful deaths. It is God’s mercy that came forward in absolute truth to show us the way back to Him.

It is through what Christ has done that righteousness and peace were able to kiss once again as old friends or even new friends or partners. Without Christ we would continue to be lost in our sins where we would not have any hope left. Our sin has driven a wedge between us and God that no normal man can ever bring back together. But Christ stepped up to the mark to bridge that gap so we can live our lives with God once again.

God’s holiness means that He cannot accept our sin. We are eternally condemned! But because Christ took our sin debt and nailed it to the cross, we are able to come to God cleansed and forgiven; but only if we bring those sins to Him in person and lay them down before Him once and for all. God brought Jesus into the world so that righteousness may come to us, hold out His hand and lift us up who are willing to ask for help. What an awesome God we have who has made this possible!

God has shown us the way through the people He has used throughout history. God has now only shown us but has made sure that history has been perfectly recorded so that we can bring this same truth to all generations. We need to take this truth forward with us and live it. We need to encourage each other to live by this same truth. We need to show others what Christ has done so that they too can come to know Him personally!

Points to Ponder:
Do you live for God?

Do others see you living for God?