Unshackled Moments ~ June 18, 2018 ~ Great Kindness

It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. That doesn't sound right does it? I bet most of us would be more likely to say that it is guilt, shame and or fear. Guilt that we failed. Shame over what we have done. Mostly fear. Fear of God and fear of retribution. Too many times the call to repentance has gone out in some form of turn or burn. Repent or God will get you. But Jesus never said that.

He told stories about Daddy welcoming home the prodigal son, about the Shepherd searching for the lost sheep until it is found and restored, and about the Master forgiving the overwhelming debt. That last one also served to remind us to forgive in the same way that we have been forgiven. Romans 2:4 states that it is His kindness that leads us to repentance. It may not sound right, but it does sound wonderful. Daddy is gentle with us when we are out of line. He calls us to Him, and it is His desire to heal us and restore us to relationship with Him. He has no desire to get us for what we've done. In fact, He did everything needed and possible to make it where we could escape the judgment we deserve and be given another chance and a clean slate and the power to be different.

No, we don't deserve yet another chance. No, we have no hope of getting it right this time, not on our own.  But when we can cling to the truth that Daddy does love us as we are, not as we should be, that He is good and kind and merciful, then we can be quick to turn back to Him when we wander away. When we find ourselves unable to change and act, love and serve as we should, when we can not deny self, we can surrender to His care and receive help from the Spirit to do for us what we can not do for ourselves. This is because we can trust that He wants to help us, to restore us and to make us into the best us that we were always meant to be. He is the loving Daddy we can turn to for help because He cares and not the cruel father just looking for an excuse to cuff us if we stumble or stray an inch.


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