Good morning,
I was reading in God Had A Son before Mary Did* this morning and this was really good to me. It made me think of talking lately about not getting caught up in politics. Our hope, our faith, our trust is not in Trump running again or another ” good man” being placed in office. Our hope, our faith, our trust is in God’s Son, our King. There is nothing more dependable out there, and nothing more dependable coming, than Jesus.
It felt good to read this and thank Jesus for giving us real hope, and bringing our hearts out of the world, out of Christianity, out of our ways, and into His. I really thank him because he made our hearts want him as our King.
Here is the excerpt:
Israel’s First Self-Willed Institution: A Kingdom
They did not understand that their demand for a king amounted to a demand for something more dependable than God (an impossibility), not just more dependable than the men and women God sent. Paul said that the stories written in the Old Testament were written so that New Testament believers could learn from them (Rom. 15:4). However, New Testament believers have failed to heed Israel’s bad example of demanding an institution. Israel’s example is a warning to us that if pushed to do it, God will allow His people to reject Him and to form an institution for themselves instead. If God’s people will not follow His lead, God will back away and let them choose their own leaders, formulate their own doctrines, and set their own standards of conduct and worship. The Father will not force Himself on His children. But at what price do we drive Him away?
Beth D.