Wednesday... He will do the same for you.

Have you ever felt contempt by others? Oh some of it could have been your fault but it still wasn't fun and you didn't like it.

Psalm 67:1 & 2 (NLT) says, "May God be merciful and bless us. May His face smile with favor on us. May your ways be known through out the earth, your saving power among people everywhere."

Ezekiel 28:25 says, "This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people."

As it says, God had been so good to the people of Israel. He had been merciful, had blessed them and had shown them favor. But they over and over turned their back to Him, disobeyed Him so He eventually scattered them to distant lands. And here He is telling them that He will eventually gather them back.

Yes, God is a merciful God but He is also a just God.

He goes on. Verse 26 says, "They will live safely in Israel and build homes and plant vineyards. And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am God."

I love that. Even when we have been treated with contempt, even when it may be because of something we have done, God is a saving God. Oh God, "May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere."

Yes He will punish us for our sins but He will save us if we turn to Him and He also will punish those who treat us with contempt. In this He will show that He is God.

"And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am God."

We may feel the contempt of those around us and some of it could be our fault but they eventually will know that He is God. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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