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Though my commentary said that in this chapter Paul was
talking about Israel’s present rejection of Christ, I loved what
it said about God’s love for me:
“They tried to make themselves right in their own
way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right …
The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and
in your heart …
We believe with our hearts and so we are
made right with God. And we use our mouths to say that we believe,
and so we are saved…
Anyone who trusts in Him will never be
disappointed …
Anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved …
I (God) was found by those who were not asking
Me for help. I made Myself known to people who were not
looking for Me …
All day long I stood ready to accept people
who disobey and are stubborn.”
I had been trying to make myself right in my
own way. And I didn’t even realize that the Word was near
me – in my own hands in my Bible! God sought after me when I’d
walked away and could have cared less! I wasn’t asking Him for anything,
but He came to find me again anyway! And God’s amazing love is this:
That He stands ready to accept all of us who are disobeying and
are stubborn. We don’t have to start obeying
first. He’ll accept us, stubbornness and all. And then He
will change our hearts and lives.
Father, thanks for doing exactly this for me!
Thanks for allowing me to be one of the people who does get to go
and tell about You and Your Son!
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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