Today, MN Teen Challenge shared music and testimonies with us at our church service. What a moving experience! People from all walks of life with all kinds of backgrounds, coming to Christ as their only salvation. Those that shared their lives with us this morning spoke of the emptiness they felt without God in their hearts. And they spoke of the redemption they have experienced since they have allowed Christ to heal them.
Redemption is a word that speaks of release and liberation. But it also speaks of recovery and healing. God not only saves, but He rebuilds. He not only rescues, He revives. God reclaims us, and He restores our lives.
It is wonderful to see this coming true in the lives of our brothers and sisters in Christ today. But God has promised this for a long, long time. We’ve been studying the prophets this summer and we’ve read of how they exposed sin and called people back to God. But they also speak of this rescue and restoration, promises that God meant for the people of Israel, but also means for us. This morning, before service, we were reading in Isaiah. He told us of this promise in so many places in his book, but here’s one example.
“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46: 4
Isn’t that a beautiful promise? I encourage you read through some of these prophets we are discussing this summer and see the wonderful promises God has made through them, for those who “bind themselves to the Lord to serve Him” (Isaiah 56:6).
How has God redeemed and rebuilt you? Please share your encouraging testimony by clicking on “comments” below.
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