Before God
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
As the day comes to a close, begging again, that all will be well.
Job 9:2-3
Indeed I know that this is so; but how can a mortal be just before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you ….
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Words of Grace For Today
We would like to think that we can justify ourselves, before others to be sure, but also before God.
Yikes!
So much trouble comes from that thinking.
Starting a new day
one begins begging
again
and
again
for God’s mercy and forgiveness,
for we cannot make ourselves righteous,
nor free from our sinful past.
That only God can do for us,
and God promises to do just that
if we but just ask.
So begging it is
to start and end each day.
Unless, of course, it is an ordinary day when we try to justify ourselves to ourselves and God,
which leads to more disastrous days than we care to remember.
So
what are we waiting for?
God promises us ….