God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." Notice where the life is kept. Not…God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." Notice where the life is kept. Not handed to you as a separate possession you could misplace, but held in Christ. So the question is never whether your grip is strong enough. It's whether you're in him. And he gave himself to make sure you are.
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Daily curiosity · Thursday, September 10
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Why did Esau trade his entire future for one bowl of soup?
The answer is in Genesis 25:34 ↓
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Exodus 32Show me your glory, the leader begs
Exodus 33I cannot carry this people alone anymore
Numbers 11He sees the land but never enters it
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Father, thank you for promises kept long after the ones who trusted them are gone. Help me live with that…Father, thank you for promises kept long after the ones who trusted them are gone. Help me live with that kind of faith, believing you will show up even in what I won't see. And make me faithful to carry what others entrusted to me.
Why have you brought Yahweh's assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?" They know…Why have you brought Yahweh's assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?" They know exactly who they belong to. They call themselves God's own assembly, and in the same breath assume he led them out to bury them. Thirst can do that to you. Notice: water came anyway. Being wrong about God's heart did not disqualify them from his kindness.
Thank You that Your name shook the Philistine camp so hard they had to shout each other into courage: "Strengthen…Thank You that Your name shook the Philistine camp so hard they had to shout each other into courage: "Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!" I'm grateful that my strength doesn't have to be drummed up from within, because it comes from You.
God spares a few, but notice the reason: "that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they…God spares a few, but notice the reason: "that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come." The survivors testify against themselves. Their honesty is how strangers come to know Yahweh. Maybe the mercy you received was never meant to become a story you tidy up before telling.
Father, you started something in me that I could never finish on my own. On the days I feel half…Father, you started something in me that I could never finish on my own. On the days I feel half made and slow to change, remind me you are still working. Keep going. I trust the hands that began this to see it through.
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