Rhapsody of Realities 8 September 2023: Saviours and Champions
SCRIPTURE: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion tojudge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall betheLORD’S (Obadiah 1:21).
In Nehemiah 9, the prophet Nehemiah speaks of how God •brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, led them to the Promised Land and blessed them abundantly. They took strong cities, possessed fruitful lands and enjoyed God’s goodness.
However, the Bible says, “Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations” (Nehemiah 9:26). As a result, God delivered them into the hands of their enemies.
But here’s the beautiful part: In their time of trouble, when they cried out to God, He heard them from heaven. Out of His
manifold mercies, He sent them saviours who rescued them from the hand of their adversaries. It’s amazing to see how God responded with grace and deliverance even after their disobedience-sending them saviours.
It also brings to mind the story of Joseph. Genesis 45:7 recounts how Joseph revealed himself to his brothers after they
had sold him into slavery. Despite the years of separation and the hardships he endured, Joseph recognized that God had sent him ahead to Egypt to preserve his family’s posterity and save their lives through a great deliverance.
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The foregoing mirrors what the Church is in the earth today. God has entrusted the Church with the responsibility to run His
Kingdom, His reign of righteousness in the earth. We, the Church, are the posterity of faith just a s J o s e p h preserved his family’s posterity.
We’re preservers of the earth. No wonder the Lord J e s u s said we are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. Through us, the nations of the earth are blessed, because we’re the seed of Abraham. We’re the hope of the world, saviours and champions from Zion, empowered to bring people out of darkness into the glorious light of their inheritance in Christ. Hallelujah!
CONFESSION: Dear Father, I recognize your calling upon my life as one sent to take the message of the divine life to those in my world, thereby bringing them salvation, healing, and life, through the Gospel, in Jesus’Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Matthew 5:14 – You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Mark 16:15 – And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].
Acts 1:8 – But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
1 Peter 2:9 – But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 & Proverbs 22-23
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Luke 21:29-38 & 1 Samuel 27
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