Divine Purpose

DEVOTION
ROMANS

DIVINE PURPOSE
Rom 9:10-13
10 Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad — in order that God's purpose in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls — she was told, "The older will serve the younger." 13 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
NIV
Just what do I think, oh Lord help me see your truth here, as the word election challenges so many and I dare not miss your mark. It is verse 12 which defines your divine purpose for me to see. I know that I have been called, yet I know you call all to your divine purpose. This purpose surely is to be saved by you rather than by me, that is my works. It does not matter if I do good or bad, I cannot do anything which will result in my salvation. Only through you will I stand before you, in your presence, standing in praise before your throne. But to consider that you elected me over someone else for a divine purpose or plan has me in awe of you. Not that you have not called everyone else to another divine purpose, you call all, now does your purpose get accomplished? I think it certainly depends on their hearing and responding to your call. But this still does not dispute your calling, your election, and your selection of all to some plan, some purpose. Surely Esau served your purpose well, and those words confound me as to why you said you hated him. But yet I cannot help to think that Jacob certainly bowed and served Esau, first his servants then himself, calling Esau master. I must conclude when I examine more, this has nothing to do with the men themselves, or their eternal condition. Now could it be about their posterity, for surely some descendants of Jacob are wicked and some of the descendants of Esau are God fearing people. No this has to be about the nations their fathered. The nation of the Israelites was giving many blessings from God, and the nation of the Edomites was laid to waste by God. Plus, this was only concerning their earthly state, not their eternal state. This is it, and it is consistent with your great love for the eternal souls of everyone, and at the same time demonstrates your majestic power and authority over all the earth.