Today's QT shows me that God cares for those often times no one cares about..
GOD IS MERCY
From Psalm 146: 7~9
He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry
The LORD sets prisoners free,
the LORD gives sights to the blink,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
It is comforting to know that my God helps the helpless and cares for the fatherless. We as God's children must glorify his name by helping the way He wants us to. We are to be tender as Jesus would to every weak, feeble, hapless, and hopeless people we met in our life here on earth. Sometimes the pain could seem so immense that we want to just ignore the need, the pain, and the suffering outside of our immediate environment, but we must not forget and fool ourselves that we can help and must help. I pray to God that He directs my path and shows me the best way to help others, especially those who could not help themselves.
GOD IS JUST
Not only is my LORD a loving God, He is also a just God who will proclaim justice to the whole earth.
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nation.
He will not quarrel or cry out,
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smothering wick he will not snuff out,
till he leads justice to victory.
A just God can not leave sins unpunished, or else He would not be just. Just like a just judge can not leave crimes unpunished, especially when he is the one who made the laws!! You may wonder, why God bothers to create Laws at all. You see, God is not a party pooper nor a twisted man scheming to make our lives bonded and miserable. Quite oppositely, God wants us to enjoy our lives to the fullest. Just like a daddy would set boundaries and rules for his children, to help and protect them. I know there are so really really evil parents out there who did unimaginably evil things to their children, but God is good. He is good. How can I say that? Because He said so, and because I've tasted how good He is since I became his child 14 years ago.
Like a just and fair daddy, God will keep his words and punish sins, he is also a loving God. For those who would come, he provided a way, a painful and imaginably way, that we human with our puny brains may never comprehend. Through His immense wisdom and love, God gave His only begotten son, Jesus Christ, to take the punishment of our sins so we will not be condemned. I did not understand why or how, but Jesus my Lord said "Come, this is my body, broken for you, so that you may have life." Like a wayward child, I went forward, with trembling and much doubt. But I went forward and accepted Jesus' body and his love for me. Life has never been the same for me since then.
