Thoughts for another day
April 11, 2011
Today's verse: Jer 3:12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
When you consider it, you'll find so many things good about our God: He is loving, He is Kind and Merciful, He is Awesome and Mighty, and so on. In Scripture today, He says He is merciful and will not keep His anger forever. Think about what He says for it's so beautiful. What I write below will illustrate the magnificence and magnanimity of our Lord towards us.
First of all, He created us and made us in His own image. He invested His breath in us giving us life and fullness. He placed us in Eden to enjoy the beauty of the work of His hand and He led us by our hands, just as we lead a child by our hands. We sinned and He had to throw us out of Eden; yet He didn't disown nor destroy us. He promised us redemption in time to come and He stuck by us. We sinned and sinned and He had to destroy us in the flood. Later, He chose us out of the peoples of the world for Himself; that would emanate from a man who had obeyed Him and walked in His ways, Abraham. But Abraham's descendents sinned grievously. He felt bad and deserted them, but didn't destroy them. When they cried out to Him, He woke up like a giant from sleep and destroyed their enemies. Then He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ to save us and Jesus died a horrendous and painful death for our sakes, yet we never believed Him. The painful part is, we have always rebelled against Him. But He always reposed faith in us.
Today, we've moved very far from Him and don't even know Him. We have no time for Him and scarcely believe Him choosing rather to believe in man and his own things. Yet out of the deep He calls out to each one of us and tells us, believe and repent: He says, I have been angry with you in the past, but today, I will open the tap of My mercy so you can drink deep and be restored. But, (there's always a but), am I ready to embrace His offer of love?
April 11, 2011
Today's verse: Jer 3:12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
When you consider it, you'll find so many things good about our God: He is loving, He is Kind and Merciful, He is Awesome and Mighty, and so on. In Scripture today, He says He is merciful and will not keep His anger forever. Think about what He says for it's so beautiful. What I write below will illustrate the magnificence and magnanimity of our Lord towards us.
First of all, He created us and made us in His own image. He invested His breath in us giving us life and fullness. He placed us in Eden to enjoy the beauty of the work of His hand and He led us by our hands, just as we lead a child by our hands. We sinned and He had to throw us out of Eden; yet He didn't disown nor destroy us. He promised us redemption in time to come and He stuck by us. We sinned and sinned and He had to destroy us in the flood. Later, He chose us out of the peoples of the world for Himself; that would emanate from a man who had obeyed Him and walked in His ways, Abraham. But Abraham's descendents sinned grievously. He felt bad and deserted them, but didn't destroy them. When they cried out to Him, He woke up like a giant from sleep and destroyed their enemies. Then He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ to save us and Jesus died a horrendous and painful death for our sakes, yet we never believed Him. The painful part is, we have always rebelled against Him. But He always reposed faith in us.
Today, we've moved very far from Him and don't even know Him. We have no time for Him and scarcely believe Him choosing rather to believe in man and his own things. Yet out of the deep He calls out to each one of us and tells us, believe and repent: He says, I have been angry with you in the past, but today, I will open the tap of My mercy so you can drink deep and be restored. But, (there's always a but), am I ready to embrace His offer of love?
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