Come Home

1 Kings 1, Lamentations 2, Acts 1:12-26, 2 Timothy 4:19-22, Psalm 86: Have you as a parent experienced so much grief over your child’s behavior that even though you knew it would break their heart you took away something they treasured? It was probably as hard in some ways on you as it was on them. You longed to give them good things but because of their choices that was no longer possible. It may have even been so bad that it wasn’t you that took the treasure away but the legal system or just their own bad choices took their treasure and you could do nothing about it. If you have ever felt this way you can know just a touch of how God felt toward His children in Lamentations 2.

Israel had been given chance after chance to turn back to God and worship Him only. They had been offered second and third chances to turn from their wicked ways of not caring for the poor and needy and taking from one another. Their greed, anger, jealousy and pride had separated them far from the God they “loved”. Yet as He warned them they did nothing about it and continued on in their sin. Finally God had enough and allowed foreign powers to come in and take over. He allowed famine, drought, and pestilence. Israel or at least what remained in Judah was now ravaged with only the poor and destitute left alive or not captured. In their desolation they began to look once again to God.

How many of us are like our children or even these children of God. When we get to the worst of times we finally look up. God allows in His mercy us to hit rock bottom and at the bottom He like a loving parent is still right there. We have two options. Either we can get or remain mad at Him for allowing these things to happen which just makes our situation worse or we can turn away from our poor choices and run back into His loving arms. The choice really is up to us. Just like you as a parent long for your wayward son or daughter to run into your arms, God waits for us with longing in His heart as well.

Don’t wait for the devastation to come. Run back to Him today. He waits longingly for you to Come Home!

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