April 2020

29/04/2020

Nehemiah 9 v 6 - 37
Confessing (y)our sin

Vers 17 “…But you are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness…”

How many times did the Lord’s people stray from His ordinances and law and He still reached out to them when they would seek Him… again and again?

Not withholding His goodness and blessings, He would provide in their needs even though they would become stubborn and arrogant, rejecting His commandments.

Even when they committed an atrocity by making an idol in the form of a calf, He did not forsake them. He led them to the “promised land” and still they rebelled against Him. Once again He delivered them from the hand of their oppressors when they cried for help.

This would go on and on and still the Lord would not forsake them. Each time God has dealt faithfully, but they have acted wickedly (v33).

May we learn from their past mistakes and “assemble with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon us”, confessing our transgressions before the Almighty God.