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Devotional - 10th Dec 2021

 'And therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of Judgement: blessed are all they that wait for him'
(Isaiah 30:18).

The Lord God desires only good things for His Children. Inspite of our shortcomings, He will wait because he longs to be gracious to us and to have compassion, because he is a God of Judgement. We are blessed to wait for Him.
Its so amazing that when we cry for help the Lord will be gracious to us. As soon as He hears, he will answer us.
God had given His people  Israel many promises, but they keep turning their back on Him and his grace which he continued to shower on them.
They tend to rely on their own strength instead of trusting in the Lord their God. How about us today?
We have the examples of Israel's disobedience and the consequences that came as a result. Yet we too seek our own strength. We act as if it is God who needs us and not us that really need him.
When we disobey God, it will result in God's judgement against us; but when we are obedient to him there are blessings. Let us always seek out God when he can be found, and turn to Him for protection and help, instead of forming alliance with Satan, and depend on the world for protection.
We who have been saved by grace through faith, to finish the work of Christ, must not cast judgement on Israel, but take a look internally.
We will see that we too trust in what the world offers or think of us; depending on our own resources and strength; forget our first Love and wanders from God.
Let us not only look at Israel's failures and mistakes, but seek to learn valuable lessons, and not make the same mistake they made, by defying the Lord; hardening our own hearts against the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
Let us look steadfast to the Lord who longs to be gracious to all His Children and wait to have compassion on us all. For the Lord is a God of justice. How blessed are all this who long for Him.

Have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend

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