It is too small a thing for those who are rescued from death to be gathered into little groups of self-congratulatory societies. (Isaiah 49.6) The sequestering of the recipients of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is a hellish activity. The salvation work of God is for the whole world. [picapp src=”0290/16250634-27fd-4afd-abd6-f4d48ea23efc.jpg?adImageId=6818302&imageId=293854″ width=”380″ height=”310″ /]When the King of the universe employs the might of his strength to snatch from destruction those who are willing to embrace their own undoing, the skies ring with song-shouts of joy.
Those who belong to the Lord of Lords, those who endure the tribulations of this world: tribulations brought by their own disobedience, tribulations caused by the disobedience of others, when they receive comfort, the mountains cannot contain their joy.

“Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.” (Isaiah 49:13, ESV)

I wonder if the splendor of the color-infused sunset or the majesty of the blue-glacial mountain is the response of creation to the works of its maker.  If this is so, how great the comfort of God, how deep his compassions for I have seen marvels in sky and mountain which testify to the greatness of God’s work.