It’s easy to put people in a box based on their past wrongs. But if the infinite and holy God of the universe is willing to call them His own…then I have no right to hold them at arms length for that which He has already forgiven. Today I pray for each ‘Egypt’ in my life, that I would have the opportunity to call them my brother and sister in eternity.
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Scripture
Isaiah 19:19-20, 24-25
19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border. 20 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.
24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
Observation
What an amazing prophecy, and what an amazing passage of scripture! Egypt (the nation symbolizing sin-bondage throughout scripture), is here described someday turning to God, and being named right alongside Israel as ‘my people’!
Though the history between them and God’s people in scripture is long and tense…the grace of God is just as available and applicable to them, as any other nation. The mercy of God available through faith in Jesus Christ is not only for some, it is for all!
“Blessed by Egypt, my people.”
Application
What an amazing reminder of God’s plan and purpose in Christ! All the way back in Isaiah, long before Christ lived and died and rose again, God saw the future that would someday be–and he called Egypt “my people“!
Am I willing to do the same? Am I willing to look at those who have hindered the kingdom of God, those who have opposed the word of God, and those who have harmed the people of God, and still see the potential that God sees in them? Am I willing to keep showing love to people who have consistently rejected God, believing that someday their hearts may be softened? Am I willing to forgive those who have wronged those that I love, so that they could catch a glimpse of the infinite mercy available to them?
I pray that I would be willing.
It’s easy to put people in a box based on their past wrongs that I remember. But if the infinite and holy God of the universe is willing to call them His own…then I have no right to hold them at arms length for that which He has already forgiven. Today I pray for each ‘Egypt’ in my life, that I would have the opportunity to call them my brother and sister in eternity.
Prayer
God, thank you for this reminder of the infinite scale of your grace and mercy! Thank you for adopting me into your family, and I ask that you would use me this week to lead someone to a saving knowledge of you. Help me not to reject those that you accept, and teach me not to hold unforgiveness toward those whom you have already forgiven.
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