Measure

 

10/9/2020

Romans 6:19 “Yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”

To say that our country is a mess right now would be an understatement. There is a hatred and division that I have never experienced in my half-a-century-plus years. This has been brewing for a while, and Covid-19 certainly didn’t help the situation. So what am I to do when division even hits close to home? Chambers writes, “I cannot save and sanctify myself; I cannot atone for sin; I cannot redeem the world; I cannot make right what is wrong; pure what is impure, holy what is unholy. That is all the sovereign work of God. Have I faith in what Jesus Christ has done?” Does my faith factor into all of this ugliness? Do I rest in the truth of His perfect Atonement for all, even during such trying times? Is this what I proclaim while others argue and take sides on temporal matters? Chambers writes, “Measure every type of experience by our Lord Himself.” Certainly an appropriate thing to do during this tumultuous times.

This morning, my husband and I started reading the book of Proverbs, because we are looking for guidance and wisdom, and we will only do this through the word of God and prayer. Right now there are so many voices of hate and division. This is NOT of God. So, if I do as Chambers suggests and measure everything by my Lord, than I must to seek Him first. I will not bow to fear, for He tells me to fear not. I will not hate, for He tells me to love my neighbor. I will not judge, for He said that is for God alone to do. I will hold onto faith, hope, and love. I will do this knowing that the greatest is love, and I will continue to pray for our nation and our world. For I am foremost and always a servant of my God.