How do you sustain a lifelong passion and focus on God and His purpose in your life? It’s not an issue of perfection; it’s all about the picture. King David was used to pen some of the most personal and revealing passages in the Bible; his was a life filled with passion toward God. He wasn’t perfect, but he was passionate about the right things.
We work in minutes and seconds, God works in generations. Why? Because God is interested in relationship, not just events. As Moses and the children of Israel learned learned at Passover, God’s desire is for us to trust in His sacrifice and simply obey.
Every looked at the stars and wondered how many there were? How about the beach? Ever walked on the sand trying to number the grains under your feet? Imagine an ordinary guy being told to go somewhere he’d never been and if he did, his family would grow to those kinds of numbers! Now imagine that guy being almost 100 years old.
It was just perfect…perfect…was. Adam and Eve had everything they could have wanted until they were convinced to want what never should have been theirs. The story of redemption begins with two people hiding and blaming, yet in spite of their guilt and shame God stepped in and offered them a covering.
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4000 years. Three Languages. Forty authors. ONE STORY. There is no other book in all of history like the Bible. It is the story of a Father who would go to great lengths to pursue His prodigal children. It’s the story of a Creator willing to pay an unthinkable ransom to regain His prized creation. It’s the story of a King who desires a relationship with those He truly loves, and humbles Himself to enter their world and woo them to Himself. It’s the story of redemption.