2 Chronicles 30:9 "For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him."
Sometimes it can appear to be difficult to find the loving God of the New Testament in the judgmental God of the Old Testament. However, we know for certain that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is the unchanging God.
It's for this reason that we can read passages of Scripture that speak of God's fierce wrath and judgement and know that His love endures still. It is for this reason that we can read passages of Scripture that speak of God's unfailing mercy and matchless love and know that His hatred of sin remains. These two things are true at the same time, and it is up to us, how we respond to Him, that determines whether we enjoy His pleasure or His wrath.
Grace and mercy are what I want in my life. I don't want God turning His face away from me. How have I moved away from God recently? What would it look like for me to return to Him today?
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