Enduring Love
(NIV) Psalm 107
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
Enduring love—in a time when love is often conditional at best, the everlasting love of God our Father is steadfast and true. Just as the people of Israel were redeemed from their sin, we look to God to deliver us from all unrighteousness.
Must we wander in the desert for forty years, or is there a sign showing a clear exit? The problem with the desert is that much of it looks the same with few identifiable characteristics. So it is with sin. Yet, there is an exit from a life marred by sin and it is marked by an old rugged cross.
May we allow Jesus to lead us from the desert of fear and uncertainty and into the marvelous light of His love. And, let the redeemed say so!
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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