Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Moonlight.
Even in the Dark
God Provides Light for Us
Genesis 8:21
When the Lord smelt the pleasing odour, the Lord said in his heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly.
Words of Grace For Today
The inclination of our hearts is evil from our youth.
What happens next is … well … our history of destroying one another in the most creative and repetitive ways.
Kind of a mess.
So God decides to fix it all and start over. Come waters all and flood the evil people to death. God plans to start over … so Noah, the righteous man and his family, along with two of every kind of animal on earth are loaded into an ark, that will float out the flood. Noah and company find dry land when the waters recede and they give a wonderful aroma wafting offering as thanks to God.
God is pleased, and promises never to flood away the evil inclinations of all the human hearts, ever again. (Thank God for that, and for Noah for reminding God that we might be worth the bother.)
Bother is what God does, and God sends Jesus to demonstrate clearly the inclination of God’s heart is to be gracious and provide salvation to us all.
A huge bother, costing Jesus his life, though it does actually provide the greatest salvation for us that we could ever imagine.
Worldly passions and all kinds of all impiety do not hold a candle in comparison to God’s gracious gift of salvation for us.
A little gratitude can fill our lives and spill over to many people around us. It’s not the trickle down theory, leaving those under the trickle with less than those on top. It is the overfull blessing that is equally generous to all.
God provides everything we need: promises we can count on, and generosity we can share with everyone.