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"For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.
I have given Egypt as a ransom for you,
Cush and Seba in your place."
~Isaiah 43:3
In our series on the names of God, we come now to the name "The Righteous One", showing us that God is perfectly holy and set apart. We all probably know this in our heads, at least in theory. Many of us probably even take this truth for granted. So, today, I want to encourage all of us to see and understand just how important and life-changing this truth really is!
This passage from Isaiah doesn't just show us that our God is the Holy One of Israel. It doesn't just show us that He is set apart and righteous. It pairs that truth with the ramifications of it. Because our God is the Holy One of Israel, we can trust Him to also be our Savior. We can believe that He is a God of redemption and that He Himself is the ransom in our place.
Because of this, we can then trust Him, put saving faith in Him, and rely on Him all our days. We can't trust a God we don't know to be holy, sinless, and righteous through and through. We can't rely on a God for salvation who is harboring evil intent or who changes from day to day or who has a reputation for turning His back on His children. No. We can trust in Him for eternal salvation as well as rely on and trust in Him for our day to day issues of life, as well, specifically because He is altogether righteous and holy, because He is sinless and perfect and set apart, because He does not change and does not lie.
That, my friends, is what is so life-changing and important about this truth that our God is the Holy One of Israel! May you be encouraged by this name of God today.
Reflection Questions:
1) What stands out to you about this name of God?
2) Have you ever made this connection before between Him being holy and Him being able to be our trustworthy Savior?
3) Do you feel better able to trust God as a result of today's study?
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