2 Kings 16-18; Psalm 97
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As it often happens, one phrase jumped off the page for me today:
“They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless.” (2 Kings 17:15)
There are a million things in this world we can seek. Our idols can be money, fame, approval
from others, career success, etc, etc ~ But apart from God everything is
worthless. God gives me
worth. The stubborn-headed Israelites
didn’t get it. God wanted to give
them worth. He wanted their lives
to mean something. But instead,
“they followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless.”
I came across this passage from the New Testament out of the
Message translation that really spoke to me about this:
“Your life is a journey you must travel
with a deep consciousness of God.
It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life
you grew up in. He paid with
Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He
died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately -at the end of the ages-
become public knowledge, God always knew He was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed
Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God,
that you know you have a future in God.” (1
Peter 1:18)
I love the part – “this was no afterthought….God always knew He
was going to do this for you.” No
dead-end worthless life for me; He’s given me life and a future. He saw me as someone worth dying for.
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