Wednesday 10 Jul 2013

Wednesday Reading: Psalm 103:13-14

Key Verse: Psalm 103:13
13  Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Devotion:
When we look at how The Lord continues to be there for us, continues to reach out to us and continues to strengthen us, we have to look at why. His love for us does not know any bounds and we often simply rely on those words to explain why God does not punish us for everything we do wrong. It is because of what Christ has done for us, how He allowed Himself to be lifted up as a perfect sacrifice for us that we continue to stand even when we do sin against our God.

A good parent will always be willing to forgive a child that has made mistakes in choosing the wrong path. If we would not be forgiven then I’m pretty sure the human race would have died out a long time ago! The Lord shows us pity just as a good parent, knowing that we are going to make mistakes and knowing that we will need help getting back on track. He is the one who created us from the dust of the earth so He alone knows that that is all we are in the end. He is the one who breathed the breath of life into our bodies after making us from the dust of the earth. No amount of chance would ever make an environment whereby a human would be able to evolve against the odds.

God does not expect us to be perfect; He knows that we are sinners and that we will make mistakes time and time again. But He also knows that when we walk with Him we will have our consciences pricked so that we do not want to continue sinning against Him. He gave us those consciences so that we would be able to stop and take a breath before jumping into a bottomless pit.

If we were not created by Him then we would be acting like lemmings and following on from our ancestors, jumping into those same pits and falling short of being able to see Him. We would make ourselves extinct within a few generations! But because of His outstanding love for us and the grace and mercy He continues to show, we are able to be separated from our sins so that we can walk with our God. Then we begin to see just how special our relationship is with Him and we are then encouraged to follow His ways and to shun evil.

Points to Ponder:
Do you like being forgiven?

Are you willing to say sorry?