Every Page

The Jesus Storybook Bible says that "every story whispers His name". I love that approach to the Bible stories, because the characters are just plain old sinful people like you and me. But what about the portions of Scripture that are not "stories"? As I did my devotions today, I saw, once again, how every page whispers His name.

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5

I've been convicted recently of my own arrogant heart. And I imagine that you are very much like me. We have a million reasons (excuses) for why our arrogance is ok, or why it's not REALLY arrogance. But we are. We are still grasping to become our own little sovereigns. And God promises that my arrogance will not go unpunished. Not a happy thought...

But you see, Christ took my punishment on the cross. And He took yours, too, if you've placed your trust in Him.

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-- the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 3:21-26

As I continued reading, this verse soothed my soul.

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.
Proverbs 16:6

The wisdom literature is sometimes hard to read, and I don't know exactly what the human author had in mind when he penned this sentence. But as a believer after Christ's death and resurrection, this verse shouts of the steadfast love and faithfulness of the Savior by which MY INIQUITY is atoned for. Every page whispers His name. Every page. And sometimes it shouts! =)