Thursday, October 11, 2012

Knowing God - He Redeems


Ps 130:8
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
He Redeems

The Lord forgives us of all our iniquities (Psalm 103:3) but here we learn of His ability and will to redeem His people from all their iniquities.  Redemption is the ability to take something that is either worthless or actually destructive and turn it into something useful and/or profitable.  It is buying back something from something else and giving it the freedom to become all it can be.  When we sin, there are consequences.  By the sacrifice of Jesus, we are freed from the eternal responsibility of paying for our sins but the temporal effects of sin remain.   The Lord can take those effects and redeem them, using them for His glory and our good.  Truly He works all things together for good to them who are the called according to His purposes.  We need not grow unnecessarily weary when reaping from our sin.  We need to look to our God who can redeem us from our sins.  He is able to take those things that were meant for evil and turn them around for our good.  He is mighty, powerful and redemptive.

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