Gotcha Day!!! (Nov. 8, 2010)

Today is “Gotcha Day!” Today is the day we will get Mei and he will forever be a son of the Deavers Zoo! It is finally here. In about 9 hours we will have him with us. Our lives will never be the same again and this is a great thing. We don’t want our lives to ever be the same again. We want to look more like Christ and be more of a reflection of His love for all men. In about 9 hours we are going to be a much better reflection of His love and how He extends the invitation to all men to join His family as His sons and daughters! What a great day! What a great God!

This morning I was reading my One-Year Bible reading plan. The reading in Hebrews for today continues to flesh out the fact that Jesus Christ is our Great High Priest who once and for all gave the final and ultimate sacrifice for the sins of all men so that we might be able to enter into a relationship with God the Father – Abba! Then in the Psalm reading for today I saw how over and over the Children of Israel sinned against the Lord and in His justice and holiness He let them feel the weight of their sins by allowing their enemies to destroy them. But even in the midst of allowing His justice and wrath to be poured out (justifiably) He looked upon His children and had compassion for them and showed them mercy.

This led me to reflect on how Jesus, as our Great High Priest, has paid the penalty for our sin. Someone had to pay the price for the sins of men if we were ever going to be able to have an intimate relationship with the Father. Until someone did something the only way we had a chance to relate to the Father was by being an object of His wrath and a receiver of His just punishment because of our sin. But someone did do something! God the Father did something! He had a perfect Son – Jesus – and He sent His perfect Son to come to earth and to become the sacrifice for our sin. Jesus died for our sin so that we might be able to have an intimate relationship with the Father and not have to worry about being an object of His wrath any longer.

As I reflected on these great truths I began to wonder what I would share with the Warrior Workout crew when I get back and share Mei’s story with them. I wondered would I get the chance to spell out God’s amazing plan in detail like I was thinking as I reflected on the truths I read this morning in Hebrews and Psalms. Then I came to the final reading for the morning – Proverbs. The Proverb for the day is found in 27:10, however that is not the verse that popped into my mind when I saw that reference. Months ago I memorized Psalm 27:10. When I saw 27:10 this morning I thought, “No way!” No way is that verse part of my reading plan for this morning.” Well…it wasn’t, but the Spirit used Pr. 27:10 to point me back to Ps. 27:10 so I guess even though it is not technically part of my reading for the morning it is part of the Spirit’s plan for my reading this morning.

Psalm 27:10, “Though my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close!”

There is no doubt that this is part of what Abba wants me to share with the students when we get back and share Mei’s story for His glory. It is so cool how the Lord works things out and I have seen this through the adoption and every day we walk with Him and listen to Him talk to us through His Word. He always wants to speak to us if we are willing to listen! Today could be Gotcha day for someone to enter into Abba’s family!!!