Reading: Hebrews 8
My Verse: "For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins nor more" (8:12).
That is an amazing thing, You Lord God, by Your mercy not only forgive us our sins but forget our sins!
Mercy: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence. In the reading of this dictionary definition of the word mercy, I am struck by the word "enemy". Lord, I was not only an offender but also an enemy of You! Yet, You, forgave me. You drew me to You! And You forgot my sins!
In his book the Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer defines "mercy" in this way. "Mercy is an attribute of God, an infinite and inexhaustible energy within the divine nature which disposes God to be actively compassionate." I like that Your mercy, Lord God, is inexhaustible! We can never come to the end of it! And it is compassionate! You are not just some distant impersonal entity. You operate on a level we can never understand. Your compassion knows no bounds.
Who has not done something they regretted? How that event plays itself out in our mind. We remember the event over and over. Yet here, Lord God, You tell us You "will remember their sins no more." How is this possible? You, who knows all? I do not understand. I can only be grateful for Your tender compassionate mercy. I can only be grateful that You choose to have this kind of forgetfulness!
This wonderful mercy is ever there free for the taking. I need only by faith grasp hold of Your tender mercy - Your divine pity and then only then can I boldly come before You. Only then can I boldly come before You as Your child - a child dearly loved.
For You, Lord God, are my Surety, my Rock. Yes, You hide me in the cleft of Your Rock!
"He found him in the desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye" (Deuteronomy 32:10).
Yes, only You can free us of the sin that crushes and destroys. Thank, You, for forgetting my sin!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins nor more" (8:12).
That is an amazing thing, You Lord God, by Your mercy not only forgive us our sins but forget our sins!
Mercy: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence. In the reading of this dictionary definition of the word mercy, I am struck by the word "enemy". Lord, I was not only an offender but also an enemy of You! Yet, You, forgave me. You drew me to You! And You forgot my sins!
In his book the Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer defines "mercy" in this way. "Mercy is an attribute of God, an infinite and inexhaustible energy within the divine nature which disposes God to be actively compassionate." I like that Your mercy, Lord God, is inexhaustible! We can never come to the end of it! And it is compassionate! You are not just some distant impersonal entity. You operate on a level we can never understand. Your compassion knows no bounds.
Who has not done something they regretted? How that event plays itself out in our mind. We remember the event over and over. Yet here, Lord God, You tell us You "will remember their sins no more." How is this possible? You, who knows all? I do not understand. I can only be grateful for Your tender compassionate mercy. I can only be grateful that You choose to have this kind of forgetfulness!
This wonderful mercy is ever there free for the taking. I need only by faith grasp hold of Your tender mercy - Your divine pity and then only then can I boldly come before You. Only then can I boldly come before You as Your child - a child dearly loved.
For You, Lord God, are my Surety, my Rock. Yes, You hide me in the cleft of Your Rock!
"He found him in the desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye" (Deuteronomy 32:10).
Yes, only You can free us of the sin that crushes and destroys. Thank, You, for forgetting my sin!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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