God desires mercy more than our sacrifice and knowledge of Him more than offerings.
He longs for us to acknowledge our sins and return to Him. In Christ we have peace with God. Eternal love is ours to accept.
Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”
No greater love exists!
The moment Adam sinned we became a soul with a sin nature and the body began to age and die. The moment we believe that Christ died for our sins and know that Christs’ birth, death and resurrection put to death the power of sin and the old nature in our life we are at peace with God. The flesh will never overcome the spiritual we need to be regenerated by the power of Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Hope cannot see; it only believes. Hope moves beyond trusting God's capabilities to resting in His character.
Faith quietly believes in God's faithfulness when circumstances insist He must be absent. No matter how far we have strayed or what poor choices we have made in a panic or out of unbelief, when we return to God, He can yet turn them for good. First5
So. Let us make space for awakening,
restoration,
prayer,
stillness,
compassion,
delight,
wonder,
generosity of spirit,
wisdom
and respect for all life.
And yes, let us make space for peace...
Because "Peace is our gift to each other." (Elie Wiesel) SabbathMoments
“We have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him” (Matthew 2:2 NKJV).
You know, people see signs of God every day. Sunsets that steal the breath. Newborns that bring tears. But do all who see the signs draw near to God? No.The ultimate aim of all God’s messages, both miraculous and written, is to shed the light of heaven on Jesus. Max Lucado
Hosea 6:1.2.3.
6 Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. 2 After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. 3 Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth. The New King James Version
After being torn by the divine lion, the people would come to their senses and seek to renew their allegiance to the Lord. The reference here is to a short time period.
When God’s people truly repent, God is eager to restore His relationship with them. The people’s hope for revival was consistent with God’s ancient promises through Moses. God’s restored presence and blessings would be like the rain that waters and renews the earth. The latter rains of Israel came in the spring and caused the plants to grow. The former rains came in the autumn and softened the ground for plowing and sowing. The NKJV Study Bible
Those who have gone from God by consent, and in a body, drawing one another to sin, should, by consent and in a body, return to him, which will be for his glory, and their good. It will be of great use for support under afflictions, and to encourage our repentance, to keep up good thoughts of God, and of his purposes and designs concerning us. Deliverance out of trouble should be to them as life from the dead. God will revive them: the assurance of this should engage them to return to him. But this seems to have a further reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let us admire the wisdom and goodness of God, that when the prophet foretold the deliverance of the church out of her troubles, he should point out our salvation by Christ; and now these words are fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ, it confirms our faith, that this is He that should come and we are to look for no other.
Here is a precious blessing promised; this is life eternal, to know God.
The returns of the favour of God are secured to us as firmly as the return of the morning after a dark night. He shall come to us as the latter and former rain unto the earth, which refreshes it, and makes it fruitful.
The grace of God in Christ is both the latter and the former rain; and by it the good work of our fruit-bearing is begun and carried on. And as the Redeemer was raised from the grave, so will He revive the hearts and hopes of all that trust in him. The feeblest glimpse of hope in his word, is a sure earnest of increasing light and comfort, which shall be attended with purifying, comforting grace that makes fruitful. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 32:39
‘Now see that I, even I, am He,
And there is no God besides Me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
Hosea 14:4
“I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And rejoice in the LORD your God;
For He has given you the former rain faithfully,
And He will cause the rain to come down for you—The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
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