Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
The Bible is full of comforting, encouraging assurances of the heavenly Father's unending love. He is the "wonderful Counselor" (Isa. 9:6) who alone understands us and all the labrynthine details of our lives since our conception (Psalm 139:7-17).
When the Bible pleads with us, "Be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20), the plea is for us to believe His character of love, that infinite though He is as the Ruler of the universe and His Milky Way, He is also the personal, intimate "our Father which art in heaven" whose heart yearns for you and me as if we were the only person for whom the Savior gave His eternal life.
His close, intimate love goes both ways--(a) forward into our future ("I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee," Heb. 13:5); and (b) backward to our very conception in the womb of our mother, according to that psalm.
We can't "do" anything to earn salvation in the least; when the jailer in Philippi asked the apostles what he should "do to be saved" they told him frankly, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 16:30, 31). That means again, "be reconciled to God," without which heart humbling all our law-keeping is vain.
We sometimes think that the book of Hebrews in the New Testament is over our heads; but after his brilliant teaching in chapters 1-12, Paul ends up in chapter 13 with a humble, simple, heart-warming request for us to "pray for HIM" as though he is as needy as any of us (vs. 18). So we get down on our knees here side by side with "our beloved brother Paul" (2 Peter 3:15), just as though he is with us in our little weekly prayer meeting; just like us, he prays for "a good conscience."
As we face our future confident that the Lord will never "forsake us" or let go of our "right hand" (Isa. 41:13), so in our past let's trust that He has led us unerringly. Part of our being "reconciled" to Him includes that confidence that His leading in our past has been only faithful love.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: September 9, 2006.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
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The Bible is full of comforting, encouraging assurances of the heavenly Father's unending love. He is the "wonderful Counselor" (Isa. 9:6) who alone understands us and all the labrynthine details of our lives since our conception (Psalm 139:7-17).
When the Bible pleads with us, "Be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20), the plea is for us to believe His character of love, that infinite though He is as the Ruler of the universe and His Milky Way, He is also the personal, intimate "our Father which art in heaven" whose heart yearns for you and me as if we were the only person for whom the Savior gave His eternal life.
His close, intimate love goes both ways--(a) forward into our future ("I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee," Heb. 13:5); and (b) backward to our very conception in the womb of our mother, according to that psalm.
We can't "do" anything to earn salvation in the least; when the jailer in Philippi asked the apostles what he should "do to be saved" they told him frankly, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 16:30, 31). That means again, "be reconciled to God," without which heart humbling all our law-keeping is vain.
We sometimes think that the book of Hebrews in the New Testament is over our heads; but after his brilliant teaching in chapters 1-12, Paul ends up in chapter 13 with a humble, simple, heart-warming request for us to "pray for HIM" as though he is as needy as any of us (vs. 18). So we get down on our knees here side by side with "our beloved brother Paul" (2 Peter 3:15), just as though he is with us in our little weekly prayer meeting; just like us, he prays for "a good conscience."
As we face our future confident that the Lord will never "forsake us" or let go of our "right hand" (Isa. 41:13), so in our past let's trust that He has led us unerringly. Part of our being "reconciled" to Him includes that confidence that His leading in our past has been only faithful love.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: September 9, 2006.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Please forward these messages to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. The "Dial Daily Bread" Web site resides at: http://1888message.org/dailybread/
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Robert J. Wieland's inspirational "Dial Daily Bread" messages are availalbe via e-mail to anyone who wishes to receive a daily portion of uplifting Good News. "Dial Daily Bread" is FREE. Due to travel or other circumstances, there may be intervals when "Dial Daily Bread" will not be sent.
