The Word of God

Word of God, On 10th  August, 2024

Lord, make us Your faithful servants of Your Kingdom. 

  Rm 9:17–24 NJB Scripture says to Pharaoh: I raised you up for this reason, to display my power in you and to have my name talked of throughout the world. In other words, if God wants to show mercy on someone, he does so, and if he wants to harden someone’s heart, he does so. Then you will ask me, ‘How then can he ever blame anyone, since no one can oppose his will?’ But you—who do you think you, a human being, are, to answer back to God? Something that was made, can it say to its maker: why did you make me this shape? A potter surely has the right over his clay to make out of the same lump either a pot for special use or one for ordinary use. But suppose that God, although all the time he wanted to reveal his retribution and demonstrate his power, has with great patience gone on putting up with those who are the instruments of his retribution and designed to be destroyed; so that he may make known the glorious riches ready for the people who are the instruments of his faithful love and were long ago prepared justified. 

  God raises certain people to be wealthy, famous, and hard-hearted; He makes them kings and princes. God wants to demonstrate His power over people, to humiliate them if they defy Him. This manner, they will grasp how tremendous God's splendor is over all of the powers of this world. This is how He demonstrates His splendor over all the nations. If he wishes to harden someone's heart, he may do so, as He did with Pharaoh. In comparison to God, we are nothing. If He wishes to offer mercy to someone, He does so. Nobody can dispute His will, and we cannot respond to God.God is like a potter who creates pots of many varieties and for various purposes; some are for unique uses, while others are for regular reasons. God always has the patience to perform the things, but He will expose His wrath and strength via demonstration. When we are chosen as God's tools, He will utilize us for His purposes, grant us authority over the authorities of this world, and demonstrate to the world the power of His destructions. Blessed are God's faithful servants, whom He has chosen to undertake the job for His Kingdom.