...He will save us.

"For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us." Isaiah 33:22 This was the verse of the day today. At first I thought it starts out so harsh and doesn't make God seem very warm and welcoming being judge, lawgiver and king. It makes Him sound judgmental, stern giving laws to follow, and kings always seem so distant doing all their ruling of things and never accessible. But it's because God is all those things that gives God the ability to save us. What better way has He shown His love but in our salvation, which is His forgiveness and cleansing--that which we could never do ourselves for ourselves! God is the authority that set the rules of nature in motion and established truth in His perfect wisdom. He is perfect and therefore the only one who is eligible to judge. And He is the one and only King who watches over us, reigning always on our behalf. Only God has the Son who could be the perfect sacrifice to make our salvation a possibility. The verse made me cringe when I first read it, but after I thought about it, it has become very beautiful and dear to me.