The God Who Goels You!

Saturday, February 20, 2021

In Psalm 103, verse 4, it says of the Lord, Who redeems your life from the pit? But in Hebrew, it uses a much more specific word, the Hebrew goel. Thus, it would read something like, Who goels your life from the pit? The goel was the kinsman-redeemer, the man who redeems the life of a barren widow, by marrying her and making her fruitful with children. So in Psalm 103, it's not just that God redeems us, it's that God goels us. He becomes our goel, our kinsman-redeemer. He redeems us by marrying us, by joining Himself to us, by becoming one with us, so that our lives can't help but bear fruit. And that's the secret. Do you want your life to become overflowing with fruitfulness? Do you want to fulfill your purpose and calling? Do you want your life to be abundantly blessed? Then make it your aim to get as intimate, as joined, as one with God as possible in everything, and it will be. For the Lord is not only your Redeemer, He's your Goel! rn

From Message #1260 - The Cosmos And The Goel