Only God Can!
God found Israel, represented in Jacob, as a helpless and hopeless Nation. “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.” – Deuteronomy 32:10 The Nation was found “in the waste”! The word, “waste” is the word used in Genesis 1:2, “without form”. The created earth was “without form”,until God developed it and gave it structure.
Only God could find, lead, instruct, and keep Israel as His prized and Covenant people! Only God could take such a rebellious people and continue to extend mercy and hope. Israel is promised and will one day enjoy the benefits given in the Abrahamic Covenant. No enemy will ever succeed in blocking God’s plan for His people.
Only a skillful watchmaker can make a quality timepiece calibrated to accurately work. Only a capable builder with tools and skill can build a house which can stand against howling winds and storms. Thoughtful minds, skillful hands, and talented workers are behind notable works of art and great inventions.
Only the Divine Creator and Gracious Shepherd searches and finds the poor lost sheep in the wilderness and bears it safely home on His shoulders. Only the Maker of the Universe can take ruined lives and make something out of them. Only the God of grace can save a poor lost sinner and lead them safely through this sin ridden wilderness. Only a loving God can take such unloving specimens of humanity and still love then just the same and treat them as the “apple of His eye.” Only God can!
Chuck Peters – 9/17/2023
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