"And His name shall be called wonderful, counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father...."
“But now, O lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” We need to be reminded that God is always present. There is no such as being “God forsaken.” We might think sometimes that we have been forsaken by God, but we have constant reminders in the Bible that He is ever-present. Jesus promised in Matthew 28:20b: “And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Jesus made a promise about this in John 14:16-17: “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter that He may abide with you forever. 17. Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither knoweth Him: but you know Him; for He dwells in you, and shall be in you.” This is certainly not everything that could be written about the presence of the Lord, but it should give us assurance that God is always present. We need to be reminded that God is always aware. We cannot run and hide from Him and keep our sins a secret from Him, because He is aware of everything that we do or say. I am not writing this to alarm you, but to remind you that God loves you and it is good that He is aware. If people could hide from God, there is no telling what we would do. Our triune God is not surprised by our shenanigans, nor is He surprised when we do something good. When we sin He is aware of it, but He is always aware when we go to Him and sincerely ask for forgiveness. There is a gospel song that reminds us “that when He (Jesus) was on the cross, I was on His mind.” Jesus was eternally aware of our need for a Savior, and He died on the cross to make it real. Our text reminds us of the sovereignty of God: “But now, O Lord, thou art our Father, we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we are all the work of thy hand.” We cannot diminish this truth by cynicism and doubt. Those who cynically dismiss God as unreal, or irrelevant, are crying against eternal reality. It is like standing in front of a powerful tornado, and trying to dismiss its power by declaring it unreal. Or it is like dismissing the great truth about God’s sovereignty and missing out on the blessings that He could bring into their lives. I hope, and trust, that these reminders about God, our Everlasting Father, from Isaiah 9:6, and Isaiah 64:8, will assure you of His reality and of His love for you, and of His interest in your life. Bro. Joe
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorDr. Joe Beauchamp is the author of this blog and website. Categories
All
Archives
September 2021
|