 Sunday: Peace in Promise
My covenant is with you.
Genesis 17:4
Along our pilgrim journey we have seen that God calls people to do things
they would never do on their own. Noah built an ark in an age when there
had been no rain. Abram left his homeland for a place he had never seen.
Rebekah left her family to marry a man she had never met. Israel stopped
using tricks to get ahead and began facing his challenges with God and with
man. Moses left his palaces, and then he left his flocks. Joshua the aide
became Joshua the commander. David the shepherd became David the king.
David would have accomplished nothing by building an ark. That was God's
command to Noah many centuries earlier. Abram would have achieved nothing
by marching around the city of Jericho. That would be God's command to Joshua
a few centuries later. All of these people lived in different times and under
different circumstances. They had different callings. They had different
missions.
They had similarities, too. Each one listened to God's voice. Each one obeyed
God's voice. Each one enjoyed God's blessing through obedience. In the face
of danger and uncertainty, each one experienced peace in the promise of God.
We live in different times and under different circumstances than the men
and women in the Bible. Each of us has a different calling. Each of us has
a different mission. But we can listen to God. We can choose to obey. We
can enjoy God's blessings through obedience. We can experience peace in the
promises of God.
Take time to rest in God's peace on this Lord's day. Listen. Obey. Enjoy.
God's promises are for you.
God of peace, I praise you for your promises. Thank you for the promises
that you made to the men and women of the Bible. Thank you for the witness
of your faithfulness that we find in the scriptures. Thank you for your promises
to me. I know that you are able to keep your promises, and I know that you
are faithful to keep them. Let my life reflect my gratitude to you, and give
me peace in the knowledge of your faithfulness. Amen.
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