Daily Devotional

September 10th 2025

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WEDNESDAY

Heaven and earth, you’re the jury. Listen to God’s case: “I had children and raised them well, and they turned on Me…Come. Sit down. Let’s argue this out…If your sins are blood-red, they’ll be snow-white. If they’re red like crimson, they’ll be like wool. If you’ll willingly obey, you’ll feast like kings. But if you’re willful and stubborn, you’ll die like dogs.” That’s right. God says so.—Isaiah 1:2, 18-20 (MSG)

God uses Isaiah to make a statement of justice, but also to provide a promise of mercy. Justice is a divine response to the wrong we have done, but mercy is a pronouncement of another chance despite the wrong we have done.
We find justice in Isaiah 1:2. God calls on Creation to be the Jury in this debate, and God says, “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.” In other words, “You are in trouble because you rejected Me.”
The Word of justice is that we are ailing today because we have forsaken the Lord. And the Prophet of God says that judgment is coming. But the good news is that the final judgment is being withheld. When Justice completed its report, there is a word from Mercy: “Give them another chance. Come, let’s argue this out...If your sins are blood-red, they’ll be snow-white… they’ll be like wool. If you’ll willingly obey, you’ll feast like kings.’”
Israel was purposed to serve as a leader of nations, drawing people to God. But Israel allowed itself to be corrupted by the ways of the world—and God called the people to justice. But graciously, there was also the promise of mercy for the penitent.
Spiritually, the Church is the new Israel, and our charge today is the same as that which God gave to Israel: Lead people from the world’s darkness into the light of God’s salvation. To fulfill our purpose, then the world must see us living Jesus everyday—Mercy staying and overruling Justice.
Jesus came to provide an escape from justice. We respect God’s justice, but we thank Jesus for mercy; we reverence God for justice, but we love Jesus for mercy. And we can respond to Jesus’ mercy by making a move toward Him to argue this out.

Prayer: Lord, we thank You that, in Your love for us, Mercy overrules justice and extends to us another chance. Thank You for Jesus, the embodiment of Your mercy, who looked beyond our faults and met our greatest need with the ultimate sacrifice. As we go today, help us to live in a way that shows our appreciation for who You are and what You continue to do for us. In the name of our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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