By Jacques Munnik
Minister, Teacher, and Founder of Evangelical Universe Ministries
“O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.” Psalm 130:7 (ESV) Psalm 130 gives us a deeply encouraging word for the week ahead. It reminds us that our hope does not rest in how clean our hands feel, how strong our willpower seems, or how far we think we have fallen.
Our hope rests in the Lord, because with Him there is steadfast love, and with Him there is plentiful redemption.
The psalmist asks, “If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?” None of us could. If God kept a record of our wrongs, we would have no hope.
Yet the Psalm does not leave us in shame. It lifts our eyes to the One who forgives, restores, and redeems.
Iniquity is not just what we have done. It is the crookedness we still carry. The patterns we return to. The burdens that weigh us down and make us feel unworthy to draw near.
Yet Jesus still calls, “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” His rest is not permission to remain bound. It is an invitation to walk with Him and find freedom in His grace.
Do not carry into this week what Christ invites you to lay down. Wherever you are, pause. Call upon the Lord. Ask Him to redeem what weighs you down. If you are not yet ready to let go, ask the Spirit to make you willing.
With the Lord, mercy is not reluctant. Redemption is always plentiful. Step forward in hope.
Shalom, Jacques
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The Law of Love
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:37 to 40. This passage brings us straight back to the heart of faithful living: love.
Wonderfully Made
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:13 to 14) A plunge into the English Channel became a fresh reminder that the human body bears witness to God’s purposeful and breathtaking design.
When the Road Gets Steep
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith...” (Hebrews 12:1 to 2) When the road rises, and breath grows thin, we are not alone, for this passage calls us to endure by fixing our eyes on Christ.
Blessed Reassurance
Romans 8:38 to 39 (ESV) “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Paul’s words are not wishful thinking.
Turn Your Face First
“The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel.” (2 Chronicles 17:3 to 4, ESV)
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