Genesis 3:1-4:26,, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9
Pray: This is your time with God. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you a message of hope and encouragement today. Lord, let me have eyes to see and a heart to understand.
Read: Genesis 3:1-4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9
Edify: Today is the story of God’s finest creation, a relationship which God initiated. The beautiful part of this story of God creating humankind in His image is God didn’t need us. He still does not need us. Yet, God chose to create humanity and gave us free will. Free to love Him, free to obey Him, free to follow His loving instructions which lead to life or free to disobey which results in chaos, brokenness and hurt for us and those around us. Remember that this story begins with God creating us and loving us. It ends with God displaying this love in its purest form, for when Adam and Eve sin we find God pursuing them. God is a missionary seeking God who pursues us even when we have rebelled and done wrong. John Wesley once wrote, “we would not know the depths of which God would go to express His love if the fall had not occurred.” Matthew’s Gospel speaks of both an evil King Herod who seeks to destroy anything which threatens his kingdom and a Savior who has come to transform the evil of this world and turn it upside down. Jesus has come to save us from our sin so what was lost in the sin of the Garden of Eden can be restored in the person of Jesus Christ.
Practice: Write down what this story means to you and how you might practice gratitude today. God loves you even on your worst day. How can you love God today by loving others more intentionally around you? Ask the Holy Spirit to enable you to practice your takeaway and to intentionally love others more.
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