I've been thinking today about God's mercy and goodness and how He meets us where we are at when we turn our hearts to Him. The girls have their papers on the counter from Sunday School and it shows the vicious cycle the Israelites in the Old Testament of the Bible would go through with their walk with God...
- IDOLATRY/SIN/REFUSAL TO REPENT
- GOD PUNISHES THROUGH OPPRESSORS
- ISRAEL CRIES OUT & REPENTS
- GOD HAS PITY & DELIVERS!
It is the same cycle we go through with God today. It's so easy to put something higher than God in our lives- a hobby, a job, a friend, a spouse, our children. God will allow pressing circumstances into our lives to get our attention and turn us back to Him. The great thing is that no matter where we are or what we've done, God is right there waiting for us. There is nothing we have done or anywhere that we've been that is too far for his love to reach. His blood is so precious it removes ALL our sins. He just wants us to humble ourselves and seek His face.
Psalm 91:15 says "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him." Also Proverbs 8: 17 says, "those who diligently seek me will find me."
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