Did you know that God delights in showing "mercy" over judgment? It's true, our past is embraced, our sin forgiven, blameless in His sight, our history rewritten. You have only one VERY important choice to make. You have to receive this truth to get it. John 1: 12, Receive, believe, become a child of God.
All of us fall short of the glory of God. One way or another, we are all crippled with some kind of sin. Be it worry, anxiety, fear, judging others, immoral issues......
I love this verse, and look at it in a whole new light. Mark 2: 5... Friends brought their crippled friend to be healed physically. But if you notice, Jesus said..."Son, your SINS are forgiven." Jesus new he had a greater need. To be healed of his sin. What good is physical healing if you are going to continue in your sin. I would rather have an eternal gift than a temporary one. I thank God He answers prayer His way, and not the way I ask for it. He delights in showing mercy.
Don't be afraid to ask God to illuminate any part of our character that is not Christ like. It truly is a prison that we need to be set free from. Psalm 142: 7, "Set me free from my prison, that I may praise Your Name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me." Temptations can entangle us, and then sin settles deeper in our hearts. This stops us from enjoying the close relationship with God, that He as a Father desires. You wonder why He feels so far away. It's not Him, it's us. We have a tendency to self destruct through our sin.
Nothing is more important than our relationship with God. Psalm 69: 5-6, "My sins O God, are not hidden from You; You know how foolish I have been"..... When we go to Him asking Him to forgive us, and ask Him to keep us from straying in our close love relationship, He is faithful to keep us from falling, or quickens us to repent.
God delights in showing mercy, and mercy triumphs over judgment. Thank you Jesus.
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Kim
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