Yet
I have really grown to love this word. I like this word as I often associate it with hope. It is a three-letter word used mostly as a word that connects thoughts, sentences or words in the context of the same idea. For example: “I don’t know what to do yet”.
I think this word can be a pivot word. The situation can sound dire until “yet” arrives on the scene.
As I journey through Ezekiel, the prophet is hearing a disturbing and condemning message from the Lord. When the three-letter word arrives, the outcome is hopeful. Check this out….
59 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant. 60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant. 62 And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!” (Ezekiel 16:59-63 NLT)
I can’t get over this word “yet”. It is such a pivotal word in my walk with the Lord. I have followed the Lord for many years, but I’ve also sinned greatly and embarrassed Him. I have ignored His Counsel and often gone my own selfish way, YET, He still welcomed me home.
I was reminded of several passages throughout the Word that helped me keep a healthy perspective of His Grace found in that word “YET”. Check this out…..
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. (Romans 3:23-24 NLT)
The Lord is not through with me YET.
I haven’t learned to do that YET.
I haven’t completed that YET.
YET brings hope. YET brings a pivot. YET implies change is possible. I’m so thankful for this little word in the context of my relationship with God and everyone I meet.
Pressing On!
Dwayne