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Dear Doers of the Word,
When we’re under duress, what do we need? We need a “doer” in our lives. We need someone like the guy who helped Shauna and me and our two children when our car broke down in the middle of the night on a barren highway. This guy pulled up and did something – driving us 60 miles through the night to our home. That’s somebody who’s a “doer”!
God is also a “doer” – the ultimate doer! As we get a little deeper into the season of Lent, God’s Word is all about what He’s done to redeem us from the fall into sin we suffer from due to Adam and Eve’s poor choices in the Garden. God set in motion His plan of redemption (Genesis 3:15) with more than simple words; He did it with actions!
After setting the stage in Genesis 1-11, God started doing things … FOR US! First on the To-Do List, start a new nation. God called a guy named Abram – a pagan unbeliever from Ur. Abram did nothing to earn God’s blessing to be the “father of a great nation”. Nevertheless, God selected him. And 75-year-old, childless Abram and his wife Sarai “went, as the Lord had told him” (Genesis 12:4) to a place he’d never heard of. In faith, Abram believed God’s promise and God “the doer,” called Abraham “righteous”. (Romans 4:3)
Ultimately, through Abram’s faith, God “the doer” brought His great nation into fruition. And from it, His Son was made incarnate. God “the doer” “gave His only Son … in order that the world might be saved through Him.” (John 3:16-17) Our salvation comes only through God’s doing by His gift of grace. Like Abram, we’ve done nothing to deserve this gift. Yet God “the doer” still did everything we need to be saved from sin, death, and the devil.
So, in response to God’s love, let’s all be doers of His Word, bringing His love to others whom “God so loves” that He might do to them as He’s done to us.
In Christ’s Love,
Pastor Jim