February 20, 1999, Saturday

Are some questions very difficult and do the lives of

many depend on the solution to the questions and problems?

Would you consider a death sentence to be a bad system of

justice or a system of justice that has proved itself in

history? What sacrifice could be made for humanity that

would make the system of justice equitable?

The Scripture tells us that Daniel and his three friends

had a problem. Their life was in danger and they would

die at the king's orders if he could not find a solution

for the king's question. All the wise men were sentenced

to death if no answer could be found, but Daniel prayed

with his three friends and God gave Daniel the answer---

"After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king

had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and

he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon:

bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution

to the king" (Dan 2:24). We have similar problems in our

lives that need only a solution that God can provide. He

is the God that provides that solution for us!

Paul explained the system of grace to the Galatians that

the Lord provides for us. Daniel and his friends were not

strangers to the death sentence. They were dead to the law-

"If I start to rebuild the system of Law that I tore down,

then I show myself to be someone who breaks the Law. So far

as the Law is concerned, however, I am dead—killed by the

Law itself—in order that I might live for God. I have been

put to death with Christ on His cross, so that it is no longer

I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that

I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me

and gave His life for me. I refuse to reject the grace of God.

But if a person is put right with God through the Law, it means

that Christ died for nothing!" (Gal 2:18-21). The Lord provided

a system of grace that makes us dead to the law of sin.

The Writer to the Hebrews explained that we also have means

to sacrifice to the Lord by our praise and confession of Him-

"Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice

through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that

confess Him as Lord" (Heb 13:15). Our offering to Him of our

confessions of Him is well accepted by Him. Certainly with

His sacrifice for us on the cross that made us dead to the

law, He is worthy of all praise, honor, and glory. We are

happy to confess Him now as the Lord that provides.

Let us remember who is the God that provides all things.

God's Name is Jehová Jireh. He is the God that provides

a Solution to the problems of His people. He is the God

that provides a System for His people to live. He is the

God that provided a Sacrifice for humanity. Lift your

hands to Him and Praise Him today for the fact that He

is the God that provides for our every need!