Isaiah 66
Steward God’s Plan A!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, March 13.
To fully understand Jesus’ call of discipleship, you need to understand why God made you in the first place. What is God’s Plan A, and do I have a part in it? As Isaiah comes to an end, the telos of God is clearly proclaimed in Isaiah 66:18-22:
“For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: … And they will declare My glory among the nations. Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord. “For just as the new heavens and the new earth which I make will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So your offspring and your name will endure. And it shall be from new moon to new moon and from sabbath to sabbath, all mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the Lord.
From the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and “it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). He intentionally made a creation that would require His personal involvement and ultimate intervention, and He created stewards for it, image bearers who would reflect His glory by living under His rule (Genesis 1:26-30). This has always been God’s Plan A, and Jesus came to redeem humanity back as the trusted stewards of God’s creation – “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17).
Seize the moment and steward God’s creation until He makes all things new (Revelation 21-22). He has already begun His redemption so that you can fulfill His telos as His disciple (2 Corinthians 5:17-20).
God bless you!
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