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Fickle People And A Faithful God

Wednesday February 28, 2024

Why does God bother with rebellious humankind?  As we read stories in the Bible of those who claim to be people of God, we notice that they are fickle.  For a time they follow the ways of God, then they rebel against Him and do what they think is right in their own eyes.  Their own ways lead them into countless trials and they have to call out to God for help against their enemies.  In His mercy and compassion towards them, God rescues them from their enemies and helps them get back on course.  

All of us are very much like them.  We come into recovery knowing that we need to turn our will and life over to the care of God, but then pride exerts itself and we think we know the best way forward and end up stumbling. We fall back into harmful habits and again call out to God to rescue us.  Amazingly, when we call for help, God responds to us with compassion and helps us.

O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. (Psalm 144:3-7 NLT) 


God made us in His image so we could have a loving relationship with Him.  However, we are like the prodigal son that Jesus told a story about.  The son wanted a different life than his father had provided for him and so he asked for his inheritance and went off and squandered it.  Like the prodigal son, some of us are not content with the inheritance God has provided for us but we still want His blessing to live according to our own desires. 


When the prodigal son came to His senses, he went home to his father who received him with open arms. The father had mercy and compassion on the returning son and restored him to the family.  That is how God receives us when we come home to Him.  He rescues us from self-centeredness and the brokenness of our addictive lifestyle and with open arms welcomes us into His family. 

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for rescuing me from the deep darkness I was in and for giving me my inheritance through Jesus.  I am glad that Your image is stamped on me so that I can have a relationship with You. Help me to obey Your principles in all I say and do.  Amen

 

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