Notice the three small words tucked into the sentence: "Yahweh his God." Ahaz had burned his own children in the…Notice the three small words tucked into the sentence: "Yahweh his God." Ahaz had burned his own children in the fire, chased other gods, and still the text calls the Lord his God. The defeat was real, but so was the claim on him. Discipline is not the same as being disowned. What feels like God leaving may be God refusing to let go.
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Daily curiosity · Sunday, September 20
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Why did a beggar ask for money and receive legs?
The answer is in Acts 3:6 ↓
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Psalms 126The farmer who built bigger barns overnight
Luke 12You will reap whatever seed you sow
Galatians 6The harvest is huge, the workers few
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Amon watched his father's whole life, and of all he could have copied, "He did that which was evil in…Amon watched his father's whole life, and of all he could have copied, "He did that which was evil in Yahweh's sight, as Manasseh his father did." Manasseh humbled himself in the end. Amon skipped that part. Children rarely inherit our best moments. They inherit what we practiced longest. What are you practicing?
Father, you chose a people and called them your own, and you never took it back. On days when I…Father, you chose a people and called them your own, and you never took it back. On days when I feel forgettable, remind me that belonging to you isn't something I earned or can lose. You are my God, and I am yours.
God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not."…God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not." Read that last part slowly. Not just the weak, but the ones counted as nothing, the names nobody bothers to learn. That is where God started his church. If you feel invisible today, you are not disqualified. You are exactly the kind of person he calls.
Thank You for that quiet line, "the son of Nathan, the son of David." You kept Your promise to David…Thank You for that quiet line, "the son of Nathan, the son of David." You kept Your promise to David through generations of names most of us pass over, and from them came Jesus. You forget no one, and You break no word You have spoken.
Listen to what the wailing names: "How are we ruined! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land,…Listen to what the wailing names: "How are we ruined! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings." Houses. Land. Not one word about the God they left. It is possible to weep hard over what sin cost you and never once weep over the sin. Which grief is yours today?
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