“How can a young man keep his way pure?” This is the answer, “By obeying your word,” it
says this in Psalms 119:9.
God said this in Jeremiah 29:10-14 to the Jews, God’s chosen
people, when they were in captivity in Babylon, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You
will be in Babylon for seventy years. But
then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will
bring you home again. For I know the
plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will
find me. I will be found by you,’ says
the Lord. ‘I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I
sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.’”
Think about this; is anything impossible with the Lord? The only things God can’t, or won’t, do are
the things He chooses not to, like sin, for-instance. When I think about God’s love, grace and some
of His other attributes I wonder how this can be true, that God never gave up completely
on His people. It is amazing how loving,
patient and compassionate the Lord is. When
I think about how the Jews treated their God, and how out of love God would
correct them, because He is a just God, He would still move on their behalf and
forgive and rescue them when they came to their senses, repented and cried out
to Him.
This reminds me of a story in the Bible about a son who
wanted his inheritance but when he got it he went away and spent it very foolishly
and ended up broke. Finding the only job
he could feeding pigs, which was an abomination to him, he finally came to his
senses and started thinking about his father and all the servants he had and
how well he took care of them. Then he
decided to go home and face his father and ask him for mercy saying, “I have sinned
against heaven and in your sight, I am no longer worthy to be called your son,”
which I call repentance; mercy, forgiveness and restoration is what he received.
This young man wasn’t kicked out of the
house, what he did he chose to do. When
he spent the money on prostitutes and sinful living that was also his choice. Humbling himself and repenting was his choice
also, just like the Jews at an earlier time in history. The father hadn’t changed he still loved the
son and he looked daily for him to come home. This story is found in Luke 15:11-32. The father in this story represents God and
His amazing love and grace, praise His name.
This is what God is looking, and waiting, for from every
sinner. Confession, repentance and a
humble and contrite heart, God will never despise these things. He always draws to the humble and resists the
proud. So if you are in a backslidden
state or if you are not a believer at all this message is for you. God loves you and wants you to come back to
Him. So don’t put it off any longer and
don’t make the Lord wait another moment, make the right choice now, like the prodigal
son did and found a loving father running to him with arms wide open to embrace
him. Let God embrace you also. May God bless you and have a wonderful day!!
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