Saturday, May 1, 2021
Nothing Is As We Think We Can Expect.
God Has Plans
For Us
And
For Our Enemies,
Plans of Grace for All.
Psalm 9:19
Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
Luke 14:21
So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, “Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.”
Words of Grace For Today
The travails of life are great, and there are plenty who contribute unjustly to ours and others’ travails. As we suffer and wonder where the next morning will take us, and what greater suffering will fall upon us.
How can it be that we would other than pray with all our heart, Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
It is not that God does not hear our pleas. God answers with something we may have forgotten to expect. God calls the most unfit to feast at the table with us … including our enemies.
We may wish those who cause us, many other people, and the children great suffering God’s judgment, so that the injustice will stop.
Doch God is not so to be distracted from reaching out to the most needy, our enemies among them, who need time … time to recognize Grace through people’s response to them … time to realize God has forgiven them, and offered them renewed life … and time for the amendment of life.