ROHINI GEORGE: ABS UPDATE: Week 13 Day 4:
GODS GRACIOUS CHOICE
The cross reference for this week is Romans 11:1-29
Romans 11:5 : My salvation is not because I am good or do good things. Rather I am His gracious choice!
Romans 11:8: God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes to see not and ears to hear not
As I pray for my unsaved relatives and people I love, my constant prayer will be ‘Lord open their hearts’. It is not enough that I open my mouth to share the gospel. But God must give them a spirit to hear and see. Lord pour out your gracious choice on my loved ones.
Even though it may have been frustrating for Paul to watch his own people, the Jews, not accept the Gospel, he did not give up on them. He knew that they were the chosen people. In
Acts 28:28 ‘Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
But in Romans he warns the Gentiles
Romans 11:20: Do not be conceited!
I have many a times felt special, different and proud that God choose me to follow him. I had holier relatives and friends with fewer issues in life and yet God choose me. Today I am thankful not just for my salvation or God’s choice, but that he did not harden my heart or close my eyes and ears.
Romans 11:18-21 is a warning to all of us.
Do not be arrogant
Do not be conceited but fear
Romans 11:23 is how we need to pray for those whom we love but are stuck in their unbelief
And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.