Once we get ourselves out of the way God can make "His" way!Today's Scripture:
If my people, who are called by my name, are sorry for what they have done, if they pray and obey me and stop their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Saying you're sorry isn't easy, whether you're apologizing to a friend you've blown off, or apologizing for a fender bender in your parents' car. But saying you're sorry - and more important, changing your ways when you've mess up - is key to any healthy relationship, including your relationship with God.
Sometimes you have to deal with people who refuse to forgive a wrong, no matter how much you apologize, or how much you have changed. But not God. God promises that when you say you're sorry and turn away from your wrong habits and actions, he forgives and brings healing to your life.
In 2 Chronicles 7, the people of God were celebrating the completion of the temple of Jerusalem. The ceremony commemorated God's gifts to his people and their gifts of obedience back to him. God's words to them were a review of how Solomon and his people had finally come to this place of stability after so many years of wandering and turmoil. It wasn't because of their own might or strength or wisdom or goodness; it was because they had learned to put their pride aside, ask for forgiveness when they messed up, and allow God to be God.
No matter how often or how badly you've messed up, God hears you when you ask him to forgive you.
He never gives up on you. God's healing and forgiveness are yours for the asking. All you have to do is to put away your pride and ask.
Selah people' and friends what wrong habits or wrong actions do you and I need to confess and turn away from? Have you gone out of your way to say or do something that you knew would hurt, upset or enrage a rival. Asking God for forgiveness is part of your obedience to him. Obedience to God clears the way for him to bless you. Like the pig in Charlotte's Web be humble and you will be closer to God.
"Peace and humility be yours and mine as we humble our self before God and others and allow Him to show us the way to true blessings."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston (PreacherPatrick) via mobile ~ Mount Olive RFD
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