But we can all take heart from this account because the Lord later on shows us His heart of compassion and understanding. Psalm 139 reminds us God knows what we’re thinking, what we’re going to say before we say it, He knows where we’re at, when we don’t want to talk to Him, and yet He never leaves us or throws His hands up in the air and says. “Well just get on with it then, I give up on you!” No!
God doesn’t go off in the huff, never abandons us. He doesn’t berate us when things go wrong, sometimes through no fault of our own, but He comes instead to tell us what He told Peter, that He still loves us. He told him three times just so Peter couldn’t misunderstand!
God loves us, when we get it right or when we get it wrong, even when things fall apart. God loves us and He’s not going anywhere, He’s staying right there with us, in the thick of it.
When the enemy comes to accuse us, let’s remember we have such a compassionate God who understands us so much better than we understand ourselves and He is not condemning us because Jesus took all our condemnation.
His compassion goes even further because He still has a plan and purpose for our lives. It may be to pray for others, it may be to be a witness for Him at home or in our workplace to bring His grace and mercy, and His love to someone or to many.
Wherever we are at in our walk with God today, just remember He is a God of great compassion, and He loves each one of us to the Cross and back. He hasn’t given up on us and one day He will come and fetch us to be with Him forever because He loves us. 😊 Amen.
Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.