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There are
days that I find God absolutely amazing.
That sounds a bit wrong. I should
find God amazing every day. I do. But some days the amazing is astounding. Other days the amazing is comforting. Other days the amazing is logical. Today, the amazing is incredible.
God’s love
is never deserved. In fact, God’s love
is always a gift. Nobody ever honors Him
like we should. Nobody ever worships Him
like we should. Nobody ever follows Him
like we should. God is always coming to
a people who don’t deserve Him and extending the olive branch of grace and love
and mercy.
God does the
same thing to His people through the prophet Haggai. In the last chapter, God came to His people
and reminded them to build His temple while they are busy focusing on themselves. Today, we hear God come and make
promises. He promises that His Spirit is
still among them. He promises that He
will bless them. He promises that when
it all shakes out and the world is judged, He will remember His people. He says all of this because He is gracious, loving,
forgiving, and merciful.
This is God. He loves the unlovable. He responds in grace when He is
forgotten. He does chastise, judge, and
call into account; but when He does this it is because He wants us to repent
and live a better life. He has every
right to walk away from His people because we continually focus on ourselves
and not Him. Yet He comes and loves us in
spite of our rebellion. His love is astounding.
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