Thoughts for another day

July 26, 2010

Today's verse: Amos 7:5, 6. Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

The beauty of God is impregnated in all of His Creation and there are times when His beauty comes forth as a voice of goodness to us. Here in our Scripture the Lord comes forth in all His goodness because He listens to a mere man and his small argument. You would probably not expect even a worldly king to listen to a common citizen of his kingdom, but here God changes His plans in listening to a simple man who has a simple case to make to Him.

Every time, I think of God and His goodness, I am struck by the beauty of His character and His ceaseless mercy with which He surrounds us. Amazing; amazing is all I can say of His ways particularly to His own people who plead to Him day in and day out. It gladdens my heart to think of a God who is so merciful and glorious in His love for me despite the fact that all I deserve is to be damned by Him who is so great it’s impossible to decipher His greatness with human wisdom.

I can’t help but think that though His decrees and His will run without hindrance, He still repents of the trouble He had in store for us, because of the prayer of one man who found favor in His sight. Even today my friend there are so many disasters averted because of our prayers. When we sincerely sit and pray, God’s repents of the disaster He was going to bring and changes it into a blessing. Haven’t we heard sometime or other about how a friend of ours was saved from a disaster and suddenly we realise that at that very time, we were praying for him! When we know our God well, we understand that He who gave His only Son to redeem us, will He not do anything for us? Think about it.