Reclaiming the Truth
“Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.” – Psalm 107.2
Redeeming the Time
Now is the time. Now is the time to tell the redemption story. Now is the time to point people to God’s Great Love Story.
In the midst of all of this uncertainty and fear, at a time when people are being confronted with some really important questions and searching for answers that satisfy, now is the time for the redemption song to be sung.
There is no greater time to be the Church than today.
In Scripture, we see God choosing a people whom He will make His own. A people who have become enslaved and forgotten. A people who were broken and dismembered. God speaks to Moses about His redemption story.
“The Lord said, ‘I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.’ ” – Exodus 3.7-10.
You probably know the rest of the story. You can read more about it in Exodus 12 & Deuteronomy 6. Redemption would happen, but it would come with a cost. A price had to be paid. The Passover lamb was slain, blood was shed, freedom was bought.
Your freedom and mine was bought through the shed blood of Jesus, our Passover Lamb. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.” – Ephesians 1.7
Our world is desperately searching. You and I have the answer. Let’s tell the story.
Reflection
- What does this text show me about the loveliness of God?
- What is it about God in this text that calls for my love for him?
- What does this text show me about people and about what love requires of me on their behalf?
- As one who has been shown mercy and love from God, what empowerment from him do I need to overcome my obstacles to love?
- What about the love of God in Jesus gives me hope and provision for my own lovelessness?
- What does this text show me about people and about what love requires of me on their behalf?
- What does it look like to rest and receive in His redemptive love today?
Resting in His Redemption
Write a prayer of thanksgiving in response to His redemptive love.
