Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 45:1-10
by: Gabriela Alonzo.
Cyrus was God’s instrument to free Jerusalem. While Cyrus’ accomplishments were acknowledged, God made it clear that Cyrus was only able to do those things because God made him capable of doing so. God allowed this so that people would know that there is no other God but Him. It is said that God sometimes works in mysterious ways. For Jerusalem, God worked through the Persian King. May we remember how God has provided for us, sometimes in the ways we least expect—especially the most unexpected of all, that “God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8, NLT).
'