| | For many years I have been searching for the missing link between the Old Testament and the New Testament. I have been trying to figure out how the OT applies to me, today. I am not claiming to have the answer, but I am, for now, satisfied.
I have always thought of the OT as a book of history. It is, don't get me wrong. But that is not all it is. Listen:...And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, "You are my people"; and he shall say, "You are my God" - Hosea 2:23
This catches me off guard...the language here is kind of awkward. It took me second read to realize that Not My People and No Mercy are names. It is OT proof of something I have previously thought to be only NT theology -- that we, as modern day Christians, are Israel.
If this hasn't gripped you just yet, let it sit. Realize, as I did the other day, that the stories of the OT that talk about how much the Lord pursues Israel are also stories of how he pursues us. When reading in the books of the OT I often think to myself "...this is nuts. Its like God is saying 'wake up...focus on me...do as I have ordained' and, like a three-year-old, Israel, through their actions as a people, shout back at the Lord '...but just one more?' and then proceed to run away as if the answer had been yes. But what grips me now is that this is how I am.
God is constantly trying to get my attention. Me? I am stubbornly running the other way. I often look back, and sometimes even slow down. But running I am. Is the Lord incapable of catching me? No. But how fruitless is a forced love?
Create in me a clean heart Lord.
Help me to delight and rejoice in you.
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Running as always
again I spy my shadow
He is calling me
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