Day 353
Genesis 3:15: I Corinthians 2:7-8
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel"
"But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."
Immediately after the fall of man, God set His redemptive plan in motion. He prophesied that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent. This was a mystery that gave the devil a "headache" for thousands of years. He tried to kill everyone he thought might be the fulfillment of that prophecy. He could not understand the plan of redemption.
The mystery of redemption included the virgin birth. God referred to the "seed of the woman." The man, not the woman, is the one who bears the seed in conception. God was speaking prophetically about how Mary would bring forth the Son of God without the aid of a man. She received seed from the Holy Spirit and became pregnant with the Messiah. When Satan realized who Jesus was, he thought if he could defeat Him, the plan of redemption would be forever lost. However, he did not know what to do to stop Jesus Christ. He tempted the Savior, but Jesus resisted every temptation. Finally, he crucified Him, not realizing Jesus was willingly laying His life down. The death of Christ began the eternal defeat of Satan, and the scriptures reveal that if the devil and his team had understood the significance of Christ's death, they would not have killed Him.
The story of redemption shows that God is not only faithful because of His character, but also because of His omnipotence. Sometimes, we are well meaning and our character may be flawless. Yet, we can be unfaithful to our word because of circumstances beyond our control. For example, we can tell someone we will arrive in town at I0:00 AM, but if we are flying and the jet does not land until 10:30 AM, there is nothing we can do to stick by our original word. That is why we have to sometimes make promises with allowances for circumstances beyond our control. Not so with God. If He promises something, He has the ability to carry it out, and nothing or nobody can stop Him. He knows how to keep His plan a mystery to those who would attempt to stop Him, and He sometimes uses their ignorance to accomplish His task.
We serve a faithful God who is almighty. We can trust in and rely on Him one hundred percent of the time. Not one word of His promises will fail. As Jesus said in Matthew 5, not the smallest letter or mark will pass from the law until all is fulfilled and heaven and earth pass away.
I thank God for His faithfulness in sending Jesus to redeem me from spiritual death. I am proud of my Father, who cannot be stopped. Every Word He spoke will be fulfilled. I trust in and rely on Him.