Trusting Our Redeemer
And a very good morning to you! It is the 1st of March 2022, Tuesday morning. And this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. If we go to the Old Testament, to the book that they say is the oldest book in the Bible - the Book of Job:
“For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth.”Job 19:25
Wow, there is a big difference between hoping and knowing. Despite what Job suffered, and did he ever suffer, losing everything and all that he went through - he could still say, “I know that my Redeemer lives.” Our faith can never be based on feelings. There is no place in God’s Kingdom for fair-weather Christians.
What does that mean? Well, when the sun is shining, we love the Lord but when the dark, black clouds come over, we don’t want to know the Lord anymore. In these last days, Jesus is looking for unconditional loyalty and faith in Him.
You see, Job said:
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”
Job 13:15
Wow folks, that is commitment and we need to exercise that commitment in our lives today. You know that even before Jesus came down from Heaven to Earth the first time, Job was already talking about the second coming, because he says at the end of that verse: “He shall stand at last on the earth.” What a wonderful thing to know:
“For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth.”
Now, how do you find that kind of trust? Well, it is by knowing someone - It is by spending time with that person.
You know, many years ago, I think in the north-west of Scotland in the islands, the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris, they invited an evangelist to come up from Scotland, from the south. His name was Duncan Campbell and they wanted him to hold an evangelistic outreach for a couple of weeks. When the boat arrived at the harbour, there were two old sisters, the Morris sisters and they were standing on the Harbourside waiting for the man of God to come off that little boat. The one was almost blind and the other was doubled in two, she had arthritis. They asked him a question, “Mr Campbell, do you know God?” And he said, “Well, I really hope so.” Because they had been praying for the revival and that revival came and it stayed on those islands for two years. People came from all over the world just to see what God was doing.
Do you and I know God? “I am not too sure about that Angus.” Well, today spend time with Jesus.
Have a wonderful day and Jesus bless you.
Goodbye.