“Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.”
Daniel 9:17 KJV
“So listen, God, to this determined prayer of your servant. Have mercy on your ruined Sanctuary. Act out of who you are, not out of what we are.”
Daniel 9:17 MSG
Humanity can be quite a mess at times. We struggle to learn from history and our mistakes. We interject ourselves into situations thinking that we have all the answers—selfishness and ego fuel many of our decisions. We stumble often, dust ourselves off, and try again. It seems to be a constant war between what we should do, and what we decide to do.
We do not have to despair today, we know a God that is still moving and working.
I am grateful to know that God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, and our ways are not His ways (Isaiah 55:9) I am also thankful that when we need God to step into a situation to do supernatural work, He acts out of who He is and not out of what we are. Here are just a few of God’s attributes:
“For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.”
God is merciful – Deuteronomy 4:31
“The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah.”
God is judge – Psalms 50:6
“Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.”
God is full of compassion – Psalms 116:5
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
God is love – 1 John 4:8
“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.”
God is wise – Jeremiah 10:12
I often mishandle certain situations, and allow myself to be ruled by my thoughts and emotions in the heat of the moment. God is constant and steady. Unwavering and just. Powerful and wise. Everything can change when we invite Him into the situation and allow Him to move the way He desires to.
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