Some of us do not find God until we hit the bottom and hit it hard. Others hit false bottoms only to discover that the elevator can go even lower. In Luke 15:11-32, when the prodigal son finally came to himself, he was wasted. But the story did not end there. Those wounded feet were bathed in the tears of a father's love and fitted with shoes that only a child of a king can wear. His scars of sin were covered with a robe of righteousness and those hands that has been used for evil were washed and given a ring of sonship. God has never stopped loving you. He is waiting for you to come home. He will welcome you with open arms - today, make an effort to go early to church and spend quiet moments to be just soaked in His presence and in His majesty.
Day 187 - Have Fear of God Read: Psalm 145; Proverbs 6:28-31; Revelation 6; 2 Samuel 15-16 2 Samuel 15 & 16 15:13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.” To me, as a parent, it is so sad to note that King David got to run for his life from his own son, Absalom. His own son schemed for 40 years (15:7) to topple his own father - could you believe that? This is our Bible - it will not hide - all the successes and failures of God's people are truthfully reported. Why did King David suffer this? It started with his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba (11:3) Even though God had forgiven him when he sincerely repented by recognising that he sinned against the Lord (12:13), King David nee...
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