“The Lord saw how great the
wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination
of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord
regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply
troubled. So the Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human
race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that
move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them’” (Genesis
6:5-7).
There have been times that I have wondered
if God regretted making me–times when I knew that I had fallen short of who He
had created me to be. Many times we don’t take responsibility for our own
actions. In fact, we fault others without looking inside our own heart. When God
looked at His creation He saw what was in their hearts. When He looks at me and
when He looks at you, He sees our hearts.
I regret the times I have failed Him, but I
am thankful, that just like He saved that remnant from the flood, He rescues me
from the waters that would drown me. Just as He made a covenant with the remnant
He saved then, He makes a covenant with those He saves now. “I now give you
everything,” God said to Noah (Genesis 9:3). Now He says to us through the
sacrifice of His son, “I have given who I am for you; I, who had no sin, became
sin, so that you may be free.”
Today I look inside my own heart, and
realize that He gave His life so that I might not have to battle the ugliness of
my past–of its remembrances. Today I give Him any thought that is not of Him,
and any feeling that would destroy the closeness of my walk throughout the day.
I want to be part of the remnant that believes and is saved.
In the parable of the prodigal son, the
father tells the son who has remained faithful, “you are always with me, and
everything I have is yours” (Luke 15:31). God tells His child who remains
faithful the same thing. But how wonderful to know that He also says about the
other son who had been lost that he must “celebrate and be glad, because this
brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found” (Luke
15:32).
I’m been lost and now I’m found. Have you
been found? Are you part of the remnant who believes and knows that God has
given everything so can be free of the battles in your own heart? There is peace
in your storm, and it comes through Him. Just as a dove brought a sign to Noah
that the promise of life was still real, His Holy Spirit comes to you, and
brings promise of new life.
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