"He Found [Us]-Encircled [Us]-Instructed [Us]-Kept [Us]"

"He found him in a desert land, and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye."  (Deuteronomy 32:10)

Our text is a description of Israel when the Living Triune God found him------------------ and perfect description of me when Jesus found me, "in a desert land, and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness...."  Yes, I was very young, but there was nothing but, "a desert land, and... wasteland, a howling wilderness," all around me, just waiting to destroy me.  No debate, this is the human race.  No debate, this is Grace unequaled, Grace unparalleled.  Of course, when you surrender your life to Jesus Christ at an early age you don't know all that is in you or all that awaits you.  But Jesus does.  So, whether a person comes to Christ at a young age, "before the difficult days come," or as an adult, when, "the difficult days," have overtaken you, the need is the same, and the deliverance is the same.

The "completion" of our salvation is in the Blessed Trinity, Father, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit, and in Him alone.  We could not have, nor can we ever earn anything with God.  Pray, fast 'til you weigh ten pounds, work your head off in your church, give to the poor, pet the stray dog, nothing can earn anything with God.  Any works we do which are, "holy, acceptable to God," are merely results of His Grace; they don't bring His Grace.

Not long before God took Moses, he gave the Jews a great promise, which is for all who obey Jesus Christ.  "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, and in His excellency on the clouds.  The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, 'Destroy!'  Then Israel shall dwell in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew."  Glorious.

Father, in Jesus' Name, if this does not "make my day," nothing will.  Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2