What is your song?
by Pastor Mark Gierus
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What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? (Isaiah 5:4a)
How much proof do you need before you believe someone’s words? Do you trust your friend when they share something with you, or do you doubt what they say and go about trying to find out what the truth is?
When it comes to Jesus, do you believe his words in your life? ‘I lay down my life for you. I forgive you. I love you.’ Are these words easy to believe? The word of God today gives us an insight into his heart. ‘What more could have been done for my people?’
Today, Isaiah shares with us a song of sadness. He sings of the heart of God as God looks at his vineyard, the people of Israel.
What more could God have done for his people? He calls them together. Over and over again, God forgives them. Then we are told that God rejoices over them as he restores them again in a right relationship with himself over and over.
What song do you sing about God to others? Is it one of joy and hope in God’s promised Messiah, Jesus Christ, or is it one of hopelessness?
In Jesus, there is always hope. In Jesus, you will find peace. Even if your song is one of hopelessness, pain and sorrow, today, Jesus will put a new song in your heart. Ask him. Let him hold you, carry you and comfort you.
What more could God have done for his people who turned away from him? Nothing. You see, God has done everything already. God didn’t hold back but gave himself fully through Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection. It has all been done, and Jesus says so on the cross, where he won the victory for us. He said it is complete, it is done, and it is finished. All the work of God is complete because we now have eternal life, the forgiveness of sins, and salvation in Jesus.
You don’t have to decide you want to be saved by Jesus from sin, hopelessness and brokenness. No, it has been done for you – simply believe it and receive the gift Jesus is. In him, you will find peace, for God has done everything in Jesus. This Christmas season, know of the peace from the baby Jesus who has come into the world. Sing a new song of joy, peace, love and hope in him.
O Heavenly Father, you gave up everything for me. You could do no more, for all is done. Help me to believe and receive the beautiful gift of grace, love and mercy wrapped up in your Son at his birth and by his death on the cross. Thank you that I am part of your plan to live forever with you because you first loved me. Amen.
Pastor Mark Gierus is currently serving in Brisbane, Queensland, as a Lutheran college pastor. He has two beautiful girls aged six and nine and enjoys hiking with them, looking after their pets as a family and going on road trips. Mark prays that God will continue to bless you as you grow in him and come to know him more and more through his life-giving eternal word.
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