Nougat 27

There’s a Jamaican saying, ‘take your tongue to tie knots that your teeth can’t pull’, which basically means we sometimes bite of more than we can chew or make promises which prove impossible to honor. Has that ever happened before? Our have you been caught up in repairing the damage of such a scenario? Not fun.

But we serve a very big God Who does not have to worry about keeping connected, for God is integrity. Bear this in mind, as we consider Today’s Holy Nougat

““From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

No One Can!

So following on our recognition of God’s integrity, we must take to heart the promise in our Nougat: nobody (and nothing) can snatch/steal us away from God. We might opt to walk away, but that’s our choice. And even then, God awaits our return – like the papa awaited his son’s return (see Luke 15). In the Pauline epistle of Romans we are assured that Nothing can separate us from God’s Love; not even our fears or the reality of physical death. God’s Word is hold-on-to-able; no need to doubt. Not for ourselves; nor Loved ones committed to God’s care. If God says none can be plucked from God’s hand, none will be plucked.

Hold on to that certainty.

The other assurance we receive is once God’s done something irrevocably, that’s it. Neither humans, nor objects, nor other beings can undo it. By God’s Word, Creation came into being. ‘Let there be’ was a done deal. We note that Genesis 1 narrates at least 8 such commands (I think I counted 10); which were followed by a variation of ‘and it was’.

What and when has God spoken ‘Let there be’ over our lives? Is it that we need to draw back the curtains of time, or did we not hear clearly? In either case, we have liberty as children of God to ask for a reminder. And the confirmation will come.

Do we need to have God speak a sustaining Word over us? – let’s ask God for exactly that. And having asked, let’s listen for God’s response. For when God speaks, God doesn’t have to worry about whether God’s teeth or anyone else’s can undo it.

No one can. To God be the Glory!

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May all we seek be found in Christ