2 Chronicles 29-30, 2 Corinthians 1: 12-24, Psalm 119: 161-168
2 Chronicles 30: 9 (ESV)
“For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your
children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For
the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from
you, if you return to him.”
Verse 9 from 2 Chronicles 30 shows Hezekiah telling the those in Israel who had fallen away from God that if they return to God, he will be gracious and merciful to you. This is reminder for the people of faith today that God will always welcome back anyone who has turned away from him. We have a merciful and gracious God, and good father, who will welcome the prodigals who come back to him. I know sometimes when I have been away from God for a long time, there is some part of my mind that always wonders if God will take me back. Or are there any circumstances when God will not take someone back who want to return to him? I think Paul is the perfect example of how merciful God is to those who have turned from him. Before Paul came to know Jesus Christ, he was Saul who persecuted the early followers of Christ. I always think if God can use somebody like Paul who persecuted the followers of Christ, he will take anyone back and use them to further his kingdom on earth.
If you have been away from Christ and want to come back, do not be afraid. God
will take you back, will not turns his face from you, and will celebrate your
return.
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