majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Galatians 2:8,
"For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to
the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the
Gentiles."
The God of the cosmos, the Creator of all that exists, the One who
formed the galaxies and set them in motion, the One who filled the
oceans with sea creatures and the air with birds and bugs and other
flying things, the One who created all that exists on land, mankind,
as well as the land itself, the One who designed the molecular
complexity of all of life chose certain men to accomplish his agenda!
God himself sent Peter to the Jews and Paul to the Gentiles as his
emissaries, his ambassadors, his apostles!
And what is the message our Creator has sent to us through those he
hand-picked? That he loves us! That he is a God of grace who has made
a way for us to sit at his table! Not by charging us with having to
prove how good we are, but by simple trust in him! By embracing him in
faith we can share in the very inheritance of Jesus Christ as God's
own Son!
What a message! And to think that God stooped down and chose a few to
bring this message to the world! God in his great love of all mankind
reconciled sinful man to himself by providing mankind's payment for
sins, the punishment due us, by having his Son die a miserable death!
All this, not by works, but by trusting in him!
How wonderful is our God who has invaded the activity of mankind with
his emissaries to bring us good news!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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