God's saving power
Tell the heavens
to send down justice
like showers of rain.
Prepare the earth
for my saving power
to sprout
and produce justice
that I, the Lord, create. ~ Isaiah 45:8 (CEV)
Look, now is the right time! Look, now is the day of salvation! ~ 2 Corinthians 6:2b (CEB)
KEY IDEA :
Line your life up with what God is doing!
PRAYER:
Lord, I know that you are going to fix creation. You are going to make everything right again. But it is so tempting to think of all that as distant future. Open my eyes so that I can see. Light a fire under me so that I get moving. I'm not only going to be ready but I'm going to tune into what you are doing now. I'm going to become your junior partner
in project justice. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
