Who Is God? Part 13

"To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him."  Daniel 9:9

Daniel lived during the exile, that time of punishment forewarned many times by the prophets for Judah's sin against the Lord. And yet Daniel here emphasizes qualities of our Lord that do not always go with our view of God in the Old Testament. Daniel had every opportunity to complain of the Lord's heavy hand of justice, and yet he chose to confess the rebellion of his people. Daniel might have asked, "Why me? I've been a righteous boy." And yet he took this opportunity to proclaim that mercy and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God. Today we still get much finger shaking at us from the pulpit, but there is this good news that mercy and forgiveness belong to our Lord God! We deserve the finger shaking, but we live because of God's mercy and forgiveness that came by way of Jesus His Son. 

Thank You, Lord God, for your gift of mercy and forgiveness,

Bucky