June 11
(Acts 12:24 NIV) “But the word of God continued to increase and spread.”
(Isaiah 49:22 NIV) ““This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.””
(Isaiah 30:15 NIV) ““This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.””
God is sovereign, and all the Herods, Hitlers, and Ayatollahs of this world will never stop the steady march of the gospel through time. It will continue to “increase and spread” in the best of times, and in the worst of times. Today, you are either a miracle of God, or a miracle in waiting. We are carried to Christ on the shoulders of those who give their lives to glorify God. That mother or grandmother who prayed helped beckon you. That friend or neighbor who shared Jesus and invited you to church lifted the banner. But although God is sovereign, in this lifetime we have choices. God allows us to choose Him or reject Him. We have free will. Salvation is in Christ, repentance, and resting in faith, but many will have none of it. God is sovereign, but lets us choose. What will you choose? Will you be among those who have none of it, or among those who trust in the Lord? -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day
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