Would we accept being smaller if more precious?
O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate!
Isaiah 54:11
Jesus’ church seems to be consistently battered. We are battered by the pressures of a culture intent on replacing the Lord with mankind as its centre. Now, even Covid is having its impact.
I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones.
Isaiah 54:11-12
We feel such losers. Our theology demands growth, while we shrink. Yet, the Lord speaks of doing something else. He speaks of rebuilding with a people whom he is making precious, transformed to reflect him.
I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace.
Isaiah 54:13
Will we allow ourselves and our children to be rebuilt as precious and at peace with God?
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