GOD’S PURPOSES REFLECT HIS CHARACTER.

Daily Devotional. Daily Teaching On Prayer

January 21

GOD’S PURPOSES REFLECT HIS CHARACTER.

God’s purposes are eternal. His plan from the foundation of the world was to defeat Satan and sin and to restore mankind. His purposes never changed.
Yet God’s plan was not simply to come down and wrench control of the earth back from Satan. He could have done that, but He never would have done it. It would have been inconsistent with the integrity of His character and His purposes. Why?
God has all power and authority. However, He has given mankind free will and authority over the earth, and He will not rescind those gifts—even though man sinned, rejected Him, and deserves to be separated from Him forever. Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death.” What extraordinary respect God has for humanity! He continued to respect mankind’s free will, even after the fall, for “God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).
God restored man’s relationship with Him and his earthly authority, even after he had thrown away these gifts. To do this, man’s sin had to be dealt with, and man also had to desire to return to God and work together with Him of his own free will. This was possible only in Christ. As Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). God’s eternal plan for humanity was made possible through the obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who alone restores us to our purposes in God. Only through Christ do we have a right to pray with authority.

Thought: God respected man’s authority even when it lay dormant within his fallen nature.

Prayer: Father, thank You that Your plans for mankind are eternal. Thank You for not giving up on us, and for sending Your Son Jesus to restore our right to commune with You. May we learn to pray with authority in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading For The Year: January 21 Genesis 27–29.

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