Jesus overcame the grave

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Job 14:11 & 12
11As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.

Job did not understand salvation. Here he states the fate of man without God's grace, which is permanent death. When Jesus came, He overcame this fact. He did not lay in the ground when He died. He rose again. Also, Job asks how a clean thing can come from an unclean thing. He is referring to the sin that is passed on from generation to generation. However, Jesus overcame this too. He is the only one who was not born into the bondage of sin because he was not a result of consummation between a man and wife but a result of God's Holy Spirit filling a womb. During Job's trial, we are shown that there was little hope in the world because salvation was so far away. Now that Jesus has come, we are super blessed to have salvation so near because Jesus is the bridge to close that gap.

Acts 17:27 & 28
27 that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28for

"'In him we live and move and have our being';

Paul here is addressing the Greeks and explaining that God designed us to seek Him out yet, He is not far from us. Paul also emphasizes that it is only when we are living in God's will do we truly live and have purpose. The Greeks were searching in all the wrong places for their gods, so Paul was making it clear to them that they were so close, because God is not far from them, yet they are so off target because they get caught up worshiping false idols. Paul also tells them that God has given mankind assurance of His sovereignty because He sent Jesus and raised Him from the dead.

Today, I really see a lot of scripture linking together. It seems kind of hard for me to write down all the revelation I am getting, so I'll touch on a few of them. First of all, God sent Jesus to overcome death so that we might believe and hope in God. If I do not believe in Jesus' resurrection, then my hope in God has no basis. God wrote that He would send salvation through His Son from the very beginning, but it had to happen in His perfect timing. Also, God's purpose for Jesus is to draw us closer to Him. If I do not know Jesus, then I cannot draw near to the Father. There are some Christians that overlook Jesus' ministry and just worship and try to get to God on their own. This is not an impossible way of reaching God, but they would be drawing closer to God if they worked on knowing His Son better. How will I be different today because of what I read? Well, I will impress it in my heart the urgency to explain to others of Jesus' resurrection for our salvation. Just as Paul proclaimed it boldly in Greece, I need to proclaim it to those who are seeking God around me. I can't just say that God is my God and leave it at that. I need to point them towards Jesus and what He overcame to fulfill God's will, which is to draw every man to Himself.

Heavenly Father, please help me to continue to meditate on all this today. Lord, may this morning's devotion change me completely. May I not remain the same. Forgive me for sinning, Lord. I place my hope in You. Thank You for sending Your Son and Jesus, thank You for being obedient to Your Father's will. I pray for Your will to be done in my life. Please protect and bless my husband and my baby within my womb. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.