Brothers and Sisters 😊
📖 In Romans chapter 9 today we see our sovereign and righteous God reigning and ruling providentially over all things…
“In order to make known the riches of His glory to vessels of mercy (needy and undeserving sinners saved by grace) which He has prepared beforehand for heavenly glory, to all those whom He has called” (vs 23).
Q. Does the true God of justice and mercy, who made the universe and all that is in it, have the right to carry out His perfect plan of redemption and salvation in the way that He chooses?
Q. In the big picture what is ultimately most important – individual human rights, or the glory of God?
🙏 Heavenly Father please forgive my foolish pride for the many times that I thought my plan (as a created vessel) was better than yours (my Creator) – Thank you so much that “Our election is not because of the good or bad that we have done”, and that “Our salvation depends not on human will or exertion”, but that we have been saved exclusively by your amazing grace and gift of faith to us in Christ.
🙏 Lord Jesus we praise you today for your costly and atoning sacrifice on our behalf, causing former hell-bound sinners like us to be transformed into “Children of the promise” so that we will never be put to shame…
✝️ “Those who were not my people, I will call my people, and her who was not beloved, I will call beloved. In the very place where it was said to them ‘You are not my people’, there they will be called children of the living God!”
Rom 9:25-26
Grace and Gratitude 