Thought for Today - October 19, 2023
The Awesome Power Of God's Love And Mercy
By: Robert A. Searles
The raging sea, with its' resounding roar, battering the rugged,
rocky, coastline; the roll of the thunder echoing across the valleys,
lending a message of impending danger to man and beast, and warning them
to seek cover; and the fearsome lightning streaking across the heavens,
and striking where it may and destroying all in its' path, as well as
the mighty force of wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes which
tear up forests and make havoc of homes and property, speak to us of the
mighty power and omnipotence of our awesome God and creator.
When we observe the rage, anger, and power being displayed in
these forces in the natural world, we are reminded from the scriptures,
that God is exceedingly angry over sin every day; and if he chose to
pour out his rage and anger on us as sinners, we would most surely be
without hope and most miserable. “God judgeth the righteous, and God is
angry with the wicked every day.” Psalm 7: 11.
But God is loving, kind and merciful, and is not willing that any
should perish. He could, if he chose to to do so, in his exceeding
wrath and anger over sin, use his power to destroy the world and cleanse
it from all sin; but instead, as he restrains and limits the forces of
nature, and sets the boundary of the raging seas, and allows it to come
thus far and no more; and as he controls the thunder and lightning, and
earthquakes, and natural disasters, so as to preserve man and beast,
that men and women, boys and girls, might come to repentance and learn
of him and be saved, he withholds from us his rage and anger, and pours
out his mercy upon us. “The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion;
slow to anger. and of great mercy.” Psalm 145: 8.
We see the great wrath and anger of God poured out on his only
begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on Calvary's cross for our sins,
that he might pay our sin debt for each of us. We see his great power
revealed in the resurrection of Jesus as the first begotten from the
dead for our justification, and we see his everlasting love and care for
us in his ascension into heaven, and even now as our great high
priest.
We, the inhabitants of earth become severely angry at times, with each
other, and with our circumstances, and sometimes our anger turns into
rage, and when this happens, we lose control, unless we are walking
closely with the Lord. When anger turns to rage, this can lead to
murder and gross sins.
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow
to speak, slow to wrath, for the wrath of man worketh not the
righteousness of God.” James 1: 19, 20.
“Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4: 26,27.
“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself
for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor. Ephesians 5: 2.
May we, as Christians,, strive to walk In love, and with the help and
grace of God avoid extreme anger and rage that will lead to sin.
let us reflect on the thought of how much greater is God's mercy than his wrath, by the sacrifice of his only begotten son so that we all could live with him forever according to John 3:16
May we abound in our love for God and our neighbor.
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