Revealing Jesus: A 365-Day Devotional by Darlene Zschech

Author:Darlene Zschech
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: REL012020, REL012120, Christian Life, Devotional, Religion, Inspirational, REL012040, Spiritual Growth
ISBN: 9781441262318
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2013-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

You are the God of peace, and I worship you today. Thank you for the gift of your peace that is mine. I pray that my eyes will be focused on you and my steps will walk peacefully in your ways.

JUNE 29

I Have Strayed

Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

Psalm 119:175–76, NIV

The cry and anguish of David after he has fallen short of God’s will for him is expressed beautifully in the words of the prophet Isaiah. Let the beauty of this passage sink deep into your heart today as you celebrate God’s salvation.

But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong, on him, on him. . . .

Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly—the best of everything, the highest honors—Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.

Isaiah 53:4–6, 12, THE MESSAGE

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