Read: Jeremiah 2:31-4:18; Colossians 1:1-20; Psalm 76:1-12; Proverbs 24:21-22
The Old Testament is not about an angry God; it is about a loving God who spoiled his children with the best of everything and they turned and threw it all in his face. The Old Testament is about a loving God and a very rebellious people.
Today he is calling his people back to him. They had prostituted themselves with every nation wanting what that nation had and wanting their help in time of need. They chose their gods instead of the God of all gods. They had the best God, but had traded God for idols.
God had already lost Israel and now he was reaching out to Judah to repent and turn back to him. He started in Jerusalem since it is the center of Judah spiritually. Isaiah pled with Jerusalem to remember their God.
Paul completes what God tried to tell Israel and Judah through Isaiah. The plan from the beginning was to save the world faith in God. Through Jesus we are qualified to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. We are no longer a member of the kingdom of darkness but have become citizens of the kingdom of light. Jesus came down to earth to be the face of God to man and everything is under him. He is the head of the church and we are connected to him as his body. Through his blood he made peace between heaven and earth. That is something to contemplate.
We are his body on earth and the same ministry given to Jesus of reconciling the earth to God is our ministry. We do that by honoring the Lord with everything in us. When the world sees our devotion and love, they will want if for themselves. We are not to be envious of the world, they are to be envious of us. Then we can give them what we have.
Lord, help us to see the great treasure we have in our hearts and gladly share it.
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