God Doesn’t Keep a Grudge

Scripture 2 Chron 30:9 For if you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.”

Observation: God doesn’t keep a grudge. If we return to Him and ask for forgiveness and mercy, He will give it. Not because we deserve it, because He wants to. He loves us and He will rejoice when we come running back to Him like the prodigal son. God wants us to come to Him, He waits until we come to our senses at times and is ready to protect and bless us for our obedience to seek Him.

Application: I need to stop trying to do things on my own, but do them with my Lord. My life should be a living sacrifice which means it is no longer my life but it’s God’s. I need not just to return to Him, but to stay with Him always each day. Living in a way that others can see Him too.

Prayer: My Lord keep me near and convict my spirit if I stray. I know I might not have too much longer to go on this earth, so please Lord guide me the rest of the way that I may honor you with the life that is left. I love you Lord.