The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV)God has given us an amazing power to make decisions in our own freedom. We can choose to know Him, and to have a relationship with Him,or we can choose to be independent and decide to have nothing to do with Him. This concept blows my mind, and yet I think I am beginning to understand it very well. God has created us with the intention of having a relationship with Him, but only if we are willing.
Adam and Eve chose to live independently of God’s wishes in the Garden of Eden, and as a result of their choices mankind could no longer spend time in fellowship in the presence of God (Gen. 3).Even so, God in His mercy and grace still desired for this intimate fellowship with man, and as a result He demonstrated His love by allowing Jesus to come to earth to bear the payment of man’s sin, so the relationship might be restored (John 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:3-4).
God had provided another chance for each of us to know Him intimately –to have a personal relationship with Him through Jesus Christ (John 14:6). But this relationship would require each man to submit to God’s plan for redemption independently.
Let’s choose to lay our life down before The Maker of the Universe each day, and ask Him to be our Lord. Let’s tell the Lord today, “I choose Your way!” Now let’s read His Word so we might know His will for every aspect of our lives (Rom. 12:2).
LET’S PRAY:
Father, thank You for being our Lord, our friend, and our God. We humble ourselves before You this day, and we ask that You would lead us in every aspect of our lives. We love You and we praise You, in Jesus’ Precious Name, Amen…
God bless and I love you!
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