We struggle with those times when we have received the Word of God, and still, everything seems against us. We take a step forward in his name, and the enemy seems to push us two steps back.
When frustration threatens to overwhelm us, and we feel unloved, we have a God who steps to our side and whispers the word “yet” in our ear.
Let’s see what three scriptures have to say about our yet God.
Malachi 1:2:
In this verse, the prophet speaks to the people of Israel. He proclaims the love of the Lord for his people. However, Israel is filled with doubt.
How is that like us? We attend church, and in the midst of the praises all around us, we feel lonely. We remember the wicked things we’ve done, and we feel unlovable.
How does the Lord respond? He acknowledges Israel’s past failures, and then he throws out the word yet.
“Yet I have loved Jacob.”
These words tell of the depth of his love for Israel.
Our old deeds have been washed with the blood and are forgiven and forgotten by God. We may feel unlovable, but God always loves us unconditionally.
Philemon 1:9:
There are those times we fail God, and we want to run and hide. We become convinced his mercy has been stripped from us, for disaster threatens from every side. The specter of hellfire and brimstone singes our soul, and we are afraid.
Then God steps in with yet. It is Paul speaking, but his words are those of Christ.
“Yet I appeal to you on the basis of love.”
Jesus doesn’t come to us with condemnation. He reaches out his hand to us, wanting us to return to him. He will forgive us all our transgressions, for he loves us.
Micah 5:2:
We often feel we have nothing to offer the Lord. We feel useless, that others are better than us, and we let it worry us.
However, God says yet.
He speaks to Bethlehem, a city looked down upon in Judah, saying, “Yet you will be the birthplace of my King who is alive from everlasting ages past!”
When we feel we have nothing to offer him, just remember that we have a yet God, one who sees things as they can be, not as they are. If he wishes to use us, then all he has to say is yet.
Our circumstances are not God’s final word. When he says yet, everything changes, and nothing is as it was before.
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Rewind Wednesday: Originally Published March 26, 2013 in Hope