"Through and Through"

"He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name." (Psalms 111:9)

 Don't think for a moment that God has not considered our difficulty in following His commands, because it is for our weakness and inability that He has made Israel what it is and always has been. Even though they have rejected His counsel time and time again, He does not give up on them, He does not abandon His promises over them, based upon what they might do or not do. Whether or not we understand it, it does not change His heart for us; if anything, it increases His affection towards us, because He knows all to well our inability to comprehend His love for us. As I was listening to Pastor Jon yesterday, I realized how easy it is to forget how much God loves us. Jon was talking about a Scripture that says, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." (Romans 9:13) In his own way of communication, Jon made it easy to understand how little we truly understand how much God loves us. He asked the question that many might asked, as Paul illustrates in his letter, "Is there unrighteousness with God?" In other words, How is it that God should choose those He should love or hate before they are even conceived? Jon answered his question by saying, "I don't have a problem figuring out how it is that God might have hated Esau; it is how and why God could love Jacob that I can't figure out; just as I can't figure out why He would love me." (Or something such as that.) There is so much we don't understand about God and His love for us; but that should not stop us from believing that He loves us. It is really all about us trusting and believing that what He says is true. Is there any room for doubt in our ability to have faith in Him? I don't think that there was a single person through all the ages that did not have doubt, in one way or another. What really matters the most about our doubt is what we do with it. Will it be the thing that we let control us, or will our faith overcome any doubt we might have? If you ever question your faith, then you should simply explore the meaning of faith, and let that be your answer...

"Though Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith. Dear brothers and sisters, here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case. God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn't say "to his children," as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says "to his child" -and that, of course, means Christ. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise. For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise." (Galatians 3:14-18) NLT