God won’t stop us from making bad choices. His desire for us to experience true life and love is a choice He gives us. He will never take that choice away by making us powerless robots who mindlessly do what He commands. When we make a mess of things God doesn’t abandon us because it is not God’s will that any of us should die in sin and addiction. It is God’s desire that every person will find their way to life with Him and experience the joy of His unfailing love.
The Lord isn’t slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost. (2 Peter 3:9 CEV)
How do we make the move out of the mess into the care of God? We pray! We admit that we have not done what is right and that God has spared our lives. We turn away from our sin and we turn to God for forgiveness and healing. The amazing and joyful truth is that when we pray, God will answer. God will set things right. We will be set free. We will find what we have been searching for.
When they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again. Each one will say in public, “I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me. He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive.” (Job 33:26-28 GNT)
How is God able to do this? He sent Jesus into the world to die on a cross to pay the penalty for our sin. As we trust what Jesus has done for us and ask for forgiveness each time we stumble, God forgives us and gives us new life. That’s always been His plan – not to condemn and judge us but to give us new life that lasts forever.
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17 NIRV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I’m so grateful You desired to save me rather than condemn me. Forgive me for my sins and failures. Set things right for me again and help me to live in Your presence now and forever. Amen
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