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Join Pastor Chris Byars of St. John's Lutheran Church in Gillett, WI, for Your Message Minute, a daily devotion designed to inspire and uplift your spirit. Each episode invites you on a transformative journey through Scripture, providing practical insights and heartfelt reflections that guide your faith walk. Discover how God's word can illuminate your path today! Don’t miss out—watch the video and be renewed in His grace!


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Not Safe, But Good

Not Safe, But Good

Monday, March 3, 2025

1 Chronicles 16:29–30

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Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the LORD in holy attire. Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

 1 Chronicles 16:29–30, NASB 2020

In C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lucy asks about Aslan. When discussing Aslan being safe or not, Mr. Beaver responds, “’ Safe?’ said Mr. Beaver; ‘don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.’”[1] When thinking of God, this is the mindset our Lord calls us to hold. Martin Luther reminds us of this often in the Small Catechism when he tells us to “fear and love God” repeatedly throughout the explanations. We are meant “to fear, love, and trust in God above all else” is the explanation to the First Commandment, and it is a good guide for us in our lives. God is good and just. Unlike us, He is also, by nature, holy. We are to place God in His rightful place in our lives. Christ’s peace comes to us not because we are deserving, but judgment we justly deserve. As we bend our knees and bow before our Lord, He brings us His promise of hope and restoration. He redeems us in our weakness. God is always good, but that doesn’t mean we should not fear His anger or His wrath. We are called to live our lives set apart and to His glory and through this we may know His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.

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[1] Lewis, C. S. (2010). A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from the Chronicles of Narnia (J. L. Roller, Ed.; First Edition). HarperOne.

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