In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Friday, September 16, 2011

Promise 86 from Exodus 34:6-7

Ex. 34:6-7 - "Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, 'The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting and the iniquities of fathers on the children and on the grand children to the third and fourth generations.'" - The Lord, Himself is proclaiming His own character. I love this! He is literally standing with Moses and chatting about His own character, He starts off saying, "I am compassionate, I am gracious, I don't get angry very easy, My love never runs out, I am truth, My kindness flows to all who deserve it, I forgive mistakes even those which were intentional." His love characteristics are proclaimed before the warning that He wont let the guilty free to continue what they are doing, He will punish them. So many people have his characteristics missed prioritised. They think He is the punisher first and then He is compassionate only after we have ourselves sorted out. The Lord wanted Moses to get this, it was important enough for Him to come down and face to face tell Moses that He loves him and his people, He has compassion on him and His people. Its no wonder Moses was wrecked and immediately fell on his face before the Lord. God's love should wreck us all, it should absolutely blow us away that the truth is; He is not ready to "get you" when you fall, He is not ashamed of you nor disgusted but delights in you during His gracious act of forgiveness. Thank you Lord!

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