Autumn arrives today-ish, but the weather forecast says 'Not just yet!'. We sometimes, not often, but sometimes disappoint each other in various ways. A small thing at times, perhaps we didn't pay attention and missed a chance to wave a hello at a friend. Other times, it may be a larger disappointment. With so much disappointing going around between us, we surely must be a huge disappointment to God our Father. Indeed, the Bible speaks often of God's anger at a sin. That is not quite the same though. When it comes to the 'us' part of things, the Bible has a wholly different message.
Love, joy, delight, everlasting and steadfast seem to be the melody to God's music. The Father may hate our sinful actions, but yet love us with His mighty and steadfast love. We might look at in this way. The kid or pet comes into the house covered in some smelly, sticky goo. For 'smelly' imagine the stink of a skunk, and for 'sticky' think of tar. At first, you may feel a bit of anger at the child or beast, but then you realize that the stuff is just a coating and that you have the cure. Now this is not a perfect analogy, for God always had the cure to sin and is not so easily angered as we. While we can control the door to our homes only at times, God has complete control over who enters His house in Heaven. Yet it does help us in that we see the kid or pet under the mess, and the same goes for God who looks upon us with love even as we wallow in sin. We follow after God our Father in that we want to clean up the beloved child or animal, and we desire that he or it should learn not to do it again. Of course, God has the more difficult job; sin is not just a nasty coating, it lays deep within us.
Now, since God delights in us, and loves us, and is more than up to the job of cleansing us from sin, why should we think He is disappointed in us?
Praise the Lord for His holy presence!Bucky
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