The Patience of God
“Last night, you bowed in prayer and sadly confessed that much of your conduct was not worthy of your Christian profession; even tonight, you will mourn again that you have fallen into the same foolishness and sin that God’s grace long ago delivered you from. And yet, Jesus will show great patience with you. He will hear your confession of sin; He will say, ‘I am willing….Be clean ‘ [Matt. 8:3]; He will again apply the blood, speak peace to your conscience, and remove every spot.
It is a great act of eternal love when Christ removes a sinner’s guilt once and for all, putting that person in the family of God. But what a condescending patience Jesus shows when He bears the recurring foolishness of His wayward disciples, day by day and hour by hour, washing away the multiplied transgressions of His straying but still loved children! To dry up a flood of rebellion is something marvelous, but to endure the constant dripping of repeated offenses – to bear with a perpetual trying of patience – that is indeed divine!
While we find comfort and peace in our Lord’s daily cleansing, it should also influence our watchfulness and our desire for holiness. Is this true in your life?” Charles Spurgeon
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It is certainly difficult to fully comprehend the deepness of God’s love. We sin, we repent, we confess, we ask for forgiveness, and then turn around and repeat the same offense. We shouldn’t, but we do. Hopefully along the way, said repetition of sin will grow less and less in each of us. But given this truth, God continues to love us! Wow!