Week 26 Day 179 (1 Kings 20-21) June 27, 2020
God’s message to me today and verse (s) to memorize
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I
bring the evil upon his house.1 Kings 21:29 (KJV)
What a merciful God! Here we have this wicked King who the bible says was more wicked and provoke God more than all the other kings before him. He had worshipped idols and been complicit in his Jezebel, his wife schemes to murder Naboth for his vineyard. Yet because he humbled himself by repentance and fasting God decided to delay his punishment and postpone it to happen in his son’s life instead.
So what does this teach me about God?
God is a merciful and forgiving God. No matter how sinful and wicked we are and no matter if God says he will punish us. If we repent he will forgive us. Now its not that God change his mind since he cannot change. Rather, God by nature is merciful and his nature compels him to do good and to forgive those who repent.
Is there a timeless principle?
Yes, when we repent God will forgive us!