HALLELUJAH! I am redeemed! “JEHOVAH GOELEKH” (The Lord thy redeemer - Isaiah 49:26 & 60:16)
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons” Galatians 4:4 & 5 English Standard Version (ESV)
Read Isaiah 49 & Galatians 4
Even though it has been many years ago, whenever I heard the word redemption, I remember the redemption centers for those S & H green stamps that we used to collect.
To summarize the entire process; at the center, you would bring the stamps that you had collected, and had pasted in a book - and they redeem your stamps for something of value.
The stamps were just worthless paper, but when brought to the redemption center, they would be traded for an item whose worth was far greater that mere paper.
So it is with us. In our sin nature, we were nothing short of mere paper; just dirt, just clay, just a blob of useless worthless nothing. However, God; because of His unconditional love for mankind, has established a Spiritual Redemption Center. At this redemption center the blood of Jesus has the power to convert, to trade, to exchange and to forever “buy back” our souls…….to release them from (the bondages their former state) and release them to (their new dimension in the Lord).
So on today, let us reflect on all that the Lord has permitted us to accomplish, however great or small and realize - had it not been for our “JEHOVAH GOELEKH” we would be nothing more than mere S & H stamps - with no future or hope.
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