DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 31; Psalms 79-80; Acts 18:24 to 19:20
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. Numbers 23:21
Though the Israelites had murmured against God and doubted His faithfulness, positionally speaking, God beheld His redeemed people as without iniquity. Likewise, though Christians still have a lawless nature within them, God sees all believers in His Son and thus, “not in the flesh” (Rom. 8:12). Why? Because we are accepted in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6). Understanding how God sees us in Christ, not only provides assurance of salvation, but it prompts our daily “practice” to agree with our eternal “position” in Him. —Warren A. Henderson
Trust in Him, ye saints, forever, He is faithful, changing never;
Neither force nor guile can sever those He loves from Him. —T. Kelly