Devotion:
Read Isaiah 49:5-6.
When God called Abram and gave him the special blessing, God told Abram that, through him, all people would be blessed. God formed a special relationship with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their offspring. They were “blessed to be a blessing.” As we read our passage for today, we realize that a lot had happened from those early days of the covenant with the Children of Israel to the time of Isaiah. The nation of Israel had split into the northern and southern kingdoms, and each had been taken into exile. Now, through Isaiah, God was promising to bring the southern kingdom back home from their exile in Babylon. But they are not simply to return home and re-establish their fractured nation. They are to be a light to the Gentiles, implementing God’s plan to reach all people.
We realize in these days after Easter that by dying on a cruel cross, then overcoming death, and rising again, Jesus Christ was continuing God’s plan. We believe this was not only a continuation of God’s plan to reach all people, but that it was the ultimate action of God to accomplish this. Now it is up to us, the followers of Jesus Christ, to bring God’s plan to fruition by sharing the Good News of Christ. With God’s help, this is the mission of Easter people!
Personal Worship Option:
Who do you know who is not a Christian? Pray for the opportunity to share with them how important your faith in Christ is to you. Pray also that God will take what you say to them and bless it.
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