GOD
HAS ALTERNATIVE PLANS: Devotion for Tuesday August 23, 2016
Text:
Isaiah 63:1 – 6 Memory
verse: v 5
Isaiah 63 verse 5 is a clear warning for us
not to think that we worth anything special in the eyes of God especially when
He is using us. Being used by God is not a right but a privilege that should
humble us because He can even raise stones to do our work. We should rather be
up and doing because He has alternative plans. He can push us aside when we
misbehave to use others. We know the case of Eli’s family, King Saul, etc.
Here, the prophet Isaiah, in a vision, saw the
Messiah returning in triumph after the conquest of His enemies, of whom Edom
was a type. In that vision, he saw Christ as travelling, not wearied by the
combat, but, in the greatness of His strength, prepared to overcome every
opposing power. Christ declares that He had been treading the wine-press of the
wrath of God, (see Rev. 14:19; 19:13) and by His own power (Isaiah 63:3),
without any human help, He had defeated His stubborn opposers (Isaiah 63:4),
for the day of vengeance was determined on, being the appointed season for
rescuing His people.
When Jesus Christ appeared on this earth for
the first time, it was in apparent weakness, to pour out His precious blood on
the Cross of Calvary as atonement for our sins. However, He in due time He will
appear in the greatness of His strength to judge the living and the dead. How
prepared are we for that day when He will appear in His strength? Again let us
remember that He sought for help but none came. So He resorted to His second
plan to redeem His people.
This shows that there are things God want us to do
for Him. What He desires me to do may not be what He wants you to do. It all
depends where we find ourselves. We shouldn’t disappoint God to make Him resort
to His alternative plan. Don’t ever think that without you the work of God will
not go on. He will raise a man in your stead. Therefore be wise.
Food
for Thought: Will
God resort to alternative plan in your stead?
Prayer: Lord God, may I not be a
disappointment to you that will make you resort to alternative plan in Jesus
name.
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