Friday! Proverbs!
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
Proverbs 13:17 NIV
In this world of trouble, hurt, loss and destruction it's easy for us to want exactly what the Israelites wanted in the first century...a messiah to come in power and put everything right.
Now.
But God sent an envoy.
envoy
noun
a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.
Our ultimate trustworthy envoy is going to bring healing
He started something that was not about external power, but about love.
That love is the way of restoration, of healing, of hope...of life
It may not fix the world how and when we'd like it to, but we choose to follow the envoy, Jesus, whose mission while complete is not complete, as we become his envoys to the world
#envoy
#hope
#onedayallwillbemadenew
#proverbs
#wisdom
#somethingtochewon
Genesis 15.8-18.ESV But he said O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it? ...When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram... March 15 was the last day we looked at Abram's story...he was questioning God and this is God's response...sacrifices and smoke and fire and a covenant...a promise... Isn't that what we crave for sometimes? God, if only you'd just show me smoke & fire, a burning bush a sign, miracle, healing...then all my questions would disappear...all my doubts would be gone... 2moro we'll see Abram's response but I think God values our faith in spite of our questions and doubts. That we choose Him anyway #faith
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