The Love of God
Ok…so tonight I did something that I rarely suggest to do. While spending time in prayer I picked up the bible and just let it fall open and began reading.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13 “But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the Lord his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. And when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God”
So, I saw a few things that really jumped off the page at me.
1. Verse 6 tells us that Manasseh had done things that had aroused the Lord’s anger and that he was more evil than all the kings before him…yet when he prayed the Lord listened and was moved! Even though he had not lived in a way that honored God yet when he sincerely humbled himself and prayed God still heard him and even had compassion!
2. Manasseh was praying but it is obvious that he did not really believe in the one he was praying to…only after God brought him back to Jerusalem did he really believe that the Lord alone was God! God moved even when He knew that Manasseh still did not really believe in Him.
This great love is the same love that found a way to pull us out of our sin even when we don’t really know God! God allows us to learn more about Him and grow in Him while He works in and through us! That is amazing love if I have ever seen it.
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