The prophet Malachi brought a message of hope to a nation that knew repeated failure. After being restored to their homeland, the Jews had forgotten the one who had delivered them. We often make the same kind of mistake. As soon as we overcome our pressing problems, we forget the one who delivered us from them, God. Without a continued relationship with God, our hope of sustaining spiritual growth is slim at best. You and I need to keep our eyes on God, the source and means for our continued spiritual growth.
God’s love to the people of Jerusalem and to us cannot be explained. God knows the depth of your sin; he knows how weak you are; yet he still loves you. There is nothing that you can do to lose this love that you never deserved in the first place. God’s love has the power to heal all the broken places in your life. Your failures, setbacks, and defenses cannot stop God from wanting to heal you. This fact should give you hope, no matter how terrible your failures in the past. He already knows about the anger, betrayal, addiction, lies, you’re not going to surprise him. But it’s time you confess and seek His will for your life.
Are you willing to turn to him for healing and forgiveness? He was patient with the people of Israel for hundreds of years, in spite of their sin. In His grace, God patiently waits for you as well.
There is nothing that you can do to lose this love that you never deserved in the first place.
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