God’s Limitless Love – Sis. Evangeline Paul Dhinakaran
Dear friend, today the Lord is mindful of giving you a new heart. God’s promise is taken from Joel 2:13 which says, “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity.” What a wonderful promise! Here, God says “Don’t tear your clothing in your grief. But tear your hearts instead.” It is also a call-out to the children of God to: ‘Return to the Lord your God for He is merciful and compassionate. Slow to get angered and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish.’ Accordingly, you have a God who has a compassionate heart. Whenever you repent and cry out to God, He is so merciful to forgive you. So, today, God is going to give you a new heart and a new life.
In the Old Testament days when people were filled with grief, they used to tear their clothes into two. But here God says, ‘instead of tearing your clothes tear your heart.’ When you realise your sin and confess it, God is so loving to forgive you. That’s what the Bible says in Psalm 51:17, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise.” When you thus give your heart to God, He is so merciful to receive you for He is readily waiting for you to come to Him. The Prophet Joel functioned as a spiritual watchman over Judah. He pleaded with the nation to turn to the Lord in genuine repentance so as to avoid the destruction of the coming of the Lord. My friend, the coming of the Lord is indeed very soon.
One day, when we were praying as a family the Lord spoke to us through Haggai 2:6, ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.’ Yes, He said, “I will shake all nations and what is desired by all nations will come to pass and I will fill this house with glory.” When the Lord thus spoke to us, we were shivering within us. The fear of the Lord fell upon us. We all cried out to God seeking His forgiveness and said: “Lord when You come, we should be seen by You as holy people and we asked God to fill us with His glory.” My friend, this is the heart of God to fill everyone with His glory. The Lord will fill you with greater glory because God is so compassionate and loving. When you cry out to God, He will have compassion upon you dear friend. The Lord is indeed coming soon. Let us repent and ask God for His forgiveness, today.
Prayer:
Precious Heavenly Father, I have come before You with a repentant heart feeling terrible for my sins. I truly feel sorry for what I have done against You. Father, have compassion on me. Father, as the Bible says You are slow to anger and You are a loving Father, please forgive my sins. Even now let Your hand come upon me and deliver me completely from my sins. Cleanse me, Lord. Make me pure and holy before You. Father, Your coming is so close. Let me become worthy to receive You, Lord. I tear my heart before You and cry out to You, Lord. Forgive all my secret sins, Lord. Thank you, Lord, for bringing me out of the darkness of this world. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.