Wednesday, November 3, 2021
God’s Grace
Breaks Through
Our Coldest, Hardest Hearts
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘This is what the Lord meant when he said, “Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.” ’ And Aaron was silent.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Words of Grace For Today
Nadab and Abihu ‘offered unholy fire before the Lord, such as he had not commanded them’ and the fire on the altar came out and consumed the two.
Then Moses spoke to Aaron. And God showed how holy God is by consuming the two. That’s a verdict that cannot be undone, a verdict that we all deserve. By grace, though, God forgives us and gives us renewed life.
For God created us not just to live, but to live as vessels of God’s holy Grace, God’s temple’s, inhabited by God’s own Spirit.
What a life!
And what a difference knowing that God has created us to be so holy, the instrument of God’s own Spirit.
How … how can some people behave so unholy, so deceitful, so corrupt? How can we find God’s Grace for those people?
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Then if God can find grace for us and make us so much more than we are by infusing the Holy Spirit into us, body, soul, and strength, how can God somehow not find enough Grace for all the evil in those people!
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Mensch! What a life! … What a life they turn away from! What a life we get to see miraculously happening all around us … and in us!