“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.”

Lamentations 3:25

 

THERE IS A TERRIBLE misunderstanding regarding the forgiveness of God that can be heard occasionally coming from an individual who is wrestling with the guilt of their sinful state. That one may say something like, “God may be willing to forgive others, but you don’t understand the things I have done. There is no way that God could forgive me. My sins are too great.”

But such wrongful thinking fails to grasp the true nature of God’s mercy and the infinite depths of His forgiveness. In Lamentations 3:25 above, the writer notes that “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.” Anyone who seeks after Him, to that one God is good. Similarly, the Lord Jesus Himself says in John 6:37, “the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out”. When Jesus expresses it in that negative manner, saying “I will by no means cast out”, He is really saying, “I will welcome him with open arms.”

And indeed, that is what our loving God does for anyone who comes in repentance to Him: He welcomes them. No matter what the sin. No matter what is in one’s past. Anyone who comes in faith and repentance to Christ, looking to the mercy of God, will find forgiveness and grace. Such is the mercy of God. Come to Christ today and know His great forgiveness.

 

Pastor Craig publishes  "A Word from God's Word" weekly in the "Kootenay News Advertiser".

About the Author

Pastor Craig has served as Senior Pastor of Cranbrook Fellowship Baptist Church since 2018. His passion is for preaching and teaching God's Word, as it is through the proclamation of the gospel that God does His work in people's lives.