We are the redeemed. We have been redeemed by Jesus and owe Him our life. We have benefited from God’s plan and have an eternal home with Him.
Christianity.com: “Psalm 107:2 is not merely a call to
give a preacher an ‘amen.’ But it is a call to respond to the mighty acts of
God. If God has redeemed you then you are called to declare His mighty works.”
This verse is a reference to God’s people who were delivered
from Egypt, and perhaps from Babylon also. He redeemed His people, bringing
them out of bondage into freedom.
We, also, have been delivered from the bondage of sin and
delivered into the Hands of Almighty God. Our home is now with Him. We are
secure and can never be taken from Him. We are redeemed.
Garycombs.org: “If we have been redeemed (bought back,
ransomed, delivered from the penalty of sin) by the Lord, the Word encourages
us to ‘say so!’ We can never repay the One who gave His life as a ransom for
us, but we can certainly give Him thanks and praise. We were sinful,
separated and spiritually dead, but Christ has redeemed us, granting us His
righteousness, sonship, and life.”
We are to proclaim God’s goodness and mercy. We are to shout
it out to the world so all may know what our God and Savior has done for us.
You have a story. At some point in your life, you turned to
Jesus and became His. You may have a simple story of being raised in a
Christian home and led to Christ as a child. You may have experienced the
dangers of sin as a young adult and shown the way home to Jesus. You may be an
older, retired person who listened to the story of redemption and gave your
life to God. No matter what your story is, tell it.
As God’s redeemed people, we need to do our best in telling
His story. If our words are rejected, those words have still been heard by the
rejector. They have been pushed into a back corner of their mind. God’s Word
says: “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not
return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that
it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, So is My Word
that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty but will accomplish
what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11
Say it! Tell it! Sing it! You have been redeemed!
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their
story!
By His Grace . . .
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