Tag: Redemption
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Day 084: Sovereign Through Our Mistakes (Joshua 10:42)
Joshua made a costly mistake—and God still used it to accomplish His purposes. What if your worst regret isn’t the end of the story, but part of what God is redeeming?
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God Never Said… Everything Happens for a Reason (Romans 8:28-39)
When we talk about God’s will, we have to be careful not to flatten it into something simplistic. Scripture shows us that God commands some things, permits others, hates what is evil, and yet redeems what sin tries to destroy. Romans 8 will not allow us to say God is helpless, nor will it allow…
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Day 319: The Sweet Aroma of Redemption (John 21:9-12)
When Peter smelled the charcoal fire on the shore of Galilee, he was pulled back to the night of his greatest failure. But Jesus didn’t build that fire to shame him—He built it to restore him. Jesus didn’t need the fish that morning. He wanted the fisherman.
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Day 034: Redeeming the Unclean (Exodus 13:13)
God’s command to redeem the firstborn revealed a surprising problem: what do you do with an unclean animal like a donkey? The answer was substitution. A clean lamb could take its place—or the donkey would die. It’s a vivid picture of the gospel: even when our lives look “useful” or “good,” our very nature falls…
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Day 021: The Despised and Rejected Bride (Genesis 29)
Leah never wanted to be the patron saint of the unloved. She was despised not because she was cruel or faithless, but because she was not someone else.