GOD MADE PROVISIONS FOR HIS REDEEMED.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: GOD MADE PROVISIONS FOR HIS REDEEMED.

Text: Isaiah 43:1 KJV

O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

To redeem something means to pay a price to get it back.

In Old Testament law, ifan Israelite fell on hard times and had to sell himself into service of an foreigner, there was always provision for him to be redeemed. Leviticus 25 says, he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his relatives may redeem him: An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.ref So a price is paid to settle the contract, and the servant may go free.

God's people wereabout to be enslaved to foreigners, but through Isaiah he tells them that he is willing to pay any price to free them when the time comes.

Verse 3, I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.ref, and verse 4, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.

The exact historical
references here are debated. But God's intention is clear: no price is too great for God to pay to redeem his people; he will even re-order world affairs to free them. He is able and willing to do so.

God's people are called.

Verse 2 again, Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned or called] you by name.

God takes all the initiative with his eople. He summons and calls them. They haven't approached him, begging to be his people; he has summoned them and made them his people.

God's people had no role in their creation. God's people had no role in their redemption. God started all this by his call.
So their existence doesn't depend on their efforts or their circumstances, only on God's sovereign initiative. Which is a great comfort to a feeble and sinful people.

As you too are reading this, Jesus has make a provision for you, and all is asking is for you not to fear, in whatever situation and trouble you find yourself, and you are alone in it. Fear not God is with you and he has make provisions. Amen

LET US PRAY
FATHER IN JESUS NAME, REVEAL YOUR PROVISION THAT WILL TAKE ME OUT OF THIS URGLY SITUATION IN JESUS NAME. AMEN

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