God lives and works today.
His heart is a fatherly heart, and in
His heart He has a definite goal for
each one of His children, especially those in
today's world.
What are His goal and plan?
The answer is in today's meditation by Baselius
Schlenk called, What God is Waiting for.
In these times when pollution is so threatening
the world, there's nothing more important than repentance,
which comes from daily contrition.
But why?
Contrition and repentance turn the heart of God
from wrath to grace.
They change us, and they change our surroundings.
We can see this in the story of
the prodigal son.
When he said in contrition, I have sinned
against heaven and against you, the father showered
him with grace.
Psalm 51 tells us that a broken heart,
that is a contrite heart, is pleasing to
God.
Yes, God dwells in humble contrite hearts, Isaiah
57.
Blessed are they who their sins all amend,
for new life is given to those who
repent.
By love is their nature transfigured.
What does this promise of grace mean for
the dark times of danger, fear, and death
in which we're living?
If God lives within us, we're strong and
comforted, at peace in the midst of all
fear, filled with joy in the midst of
all suffering.
This is a reality.
We can see with our own eyes how
God is punishing us for having given in
to all our desires, for striving after money,
profit, sex, enjoyment, and power.
The result of these sins is pollution in
every form and aspect.
But if we turn about and repent and
begin to follow Jesus on his way, then
he will grant us his grace.
This means literally that he'll give us fruit,
prosperity, and success in the areas where previously
our sin of desire and greed has brought
about so much destruction.
The Old and the New Testaments tell us
about the spiritual law, and today we can
see its effects with our own eyes.
God acts according to his word.
On our little land of Canaan, we've also
experienced this throughout the years.
God sometimes had to send his judgment upon
our land and community, but when we repented
and turned away from what had displeased the
Lord in our lives, then every time in
a very real way we experienced how the
problems and conditions were changed.
Plants and trees began to flourish again, and
the land became fertile, even if it had
been afflicted by drought or vermin beforehand.
In our times, there's no exhortation that's more
important for our lives than repent.
Yes, the more judgment, the more repentance.
That should be the watchword for us all
today.
Repentance will bring his personal deliverance when we
come into situations where our health or our
lives are endangered by pollution, but it will
also bring help on a large scale because
it's contagious, and then God will take back
his judgment and once more grant us grace.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basileus Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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works today, visit us at our website www
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