RTW August 17

No Payment Necessary

I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.  I will repay you for all your detestable sins.  Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:4

 

 

My Takeaways

Something Old

Ezekiel 7:3a, No hope remains…

Because of Jesus, there is always hope.

Something New

  • He turned His eyes toward us, rather turning from us.
  • He showed pity, rather casting condemnation.
  • He made payment for us, rather than demanding restitution.

Repay: To pay back

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (NRSV) Isaiah 53:4-5

Healed
Healing has come to us
Repair; mend properly, thoroughly made whole

Something to Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAplJ0_jDFc

 

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4 Comments

  1. My Takeaways: Another tough read today.

    Something Old: Several hundred years have passed, and Israel is doing the very thing they declared they wouldn’t do—worshipping idols in the temple of the Lord. God has been patient with Israel. But it was time : the people had to know who the one and only true and living God was and what he said mattered. I can apply this to my life. Anything that I spend time with that
    distracts me from focusing on God appropriately can become my idol too if I’m not willing to give it up to serve the Lord. I must always remember to seek the things of God and place my desires and affections on things outside this world. Least I become like this wicked world. Because I know my life is secure in Christ I should live for Him and not for myself. This is not to earn salvation but to show a gratitude and love for what He has done for me. I cannot aford to become an idol worshipper. God is God. He is the supreme authority and the source of eternal love and life.

    Something New: Jeremiah 9:4
    “He said to him, ‘”walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who weep inside because of the destestable sins being committed in their City.”‘
    In an act of mercy, the Lord sent someone to rescue His faithful remnant. Bearing this mark would rescue God’s elect from judgment. It will be the same for me in the final days when God marks my forehead by the blood of Christ. He will rescue me. Unlike the Israelites, the Holy Spirit lives in me allowing my heart to break for what breaks God’s heart. I recognize sin and stand apart from its wicked ways with the help of the Holy Spirit. I am so thankful that I have a God, who won’t forget his promise to preserve His people.

    Something To Do: Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus -Helen H. Lemmel, 1922
    O soul, are you weary and troubled?
    No light in the darkness you see?
    There’s light for a look at the Savior,
    And life more abundant and free!

    Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
    Look full in His wonderful face,
    And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
    In the light of His glory and grace.

    Through death into life everlasting
    He passed, and we follow Him there;
    O’er us sin no more hath dominion—
    For more than conqu’rors we are!His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
    Believe Him, and all will be well:
    Then go to a world that is dying,
    His perfect salvation to tell!

    1. Thanks so much for sharing this song turn your eyes upon Jesus! I have never heard of it before. I really needed to hear this song it touched my heart of what season of life I am currently in of singleness. I think my hearts desires of being a wife and mom have definitely become my idols in my life. They have taken my focus away from focusing and keeping God first and serving Him. I am trying so hard to keep my focus on God and not on my desire for marriage to have a husband and kids of my own but sometimes it is really hard for me especially when I desire it so much. I dont know if God even has marriage in store for my future or if my singleness is a lifetime or just a season or if God even has a husband for me or kids planned for my life. I am trying so hard to surrender all my dreams and desires to God and give God control of everything but somehow I always seem to hold tightly to these desires.

  2. Thanks Wendy for this lesson! It is great to know that there is always hope for me because of Jesus. Thanks for the worship song.

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