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Saturday... Oh how we need it.


Saturday... Oh how we need it.

The Psalmist writes in Psalm 67:1 (NLT), "May God be merciful and bless us. May his face shine with favor on us." Yes we want this but he also wants us to have it.

Over in Isaiah 7 God through Isaiah asked the King of Judah to do something. He wanted him to ask God for something, to test him, (vs. 12), "But the king refused. 'No,' he said, 'I will not test the Lord like that.'" We have our way of doing things. 

Verse 13 says, "Then Isaiah said, 'Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn't it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of God as well?'" God wants to give us mercy, he really want to bless us. 

Now here is something great. God through Isaiah tells what is going to happen, the consequences but he also shows his mercy. Verse 14 says, "All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and call him Immanuel (which means 'God is with us')." He was telling him that Jesus was coming but he also told him of the consequences of his disobedience. 

God so much wants to give us mercy and to bless us and favor us. We may not want to live the way he wants but he also gave us a Savior.   

Over in Hebrews 6:7-8, "When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God's blessing. But if a field bears thorns and thistle, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it."

And then verses 9-12, "Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don't believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation. For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers. Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order that what you hope true."

He has so much that he wants to give us and oh how much we need it. We really do.  Let's just do what he says. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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