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East from West, God Wants You

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our
transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12 (NIV)

How far is the east from the west?  Further and further by the
moment. Travel west and you can make laps around the globe and
never get east.  Journey east and, if you desire, maintain an easterly
course indefinitely.  Not so with the other two directions.  If you go
north or south, you’ll eventually reach the North or South Pole and
change directions.  But east and west have no turning point.

Neither does God.  When he sends your sins to the east and
you to the west, you can be sure of this: he doesn’t see you in your
sins.  His forgiveness is irreversible.  “He does not treat us as our sins
deserve or repay us according to our iniquities” (Psalm 103:10 NIV).

Headline this truth: when God sees you, he sees his Son, not
your sin.  God “blots out your transgressions” and “remembers your
sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25 NIV).  No probation. .Not expectations. No
reversals.

He did his due diligence.  He saw your secret deeds and heard
your unsaid thoughts.  The lies, the lusts, the longings – he knows
them all.  God assessed your life from first day to last, from worst
moment to best, and made his decision.

I want that child in my kingdom.

You cannot convince him otherwise.

By Max Lucado
From: God’s Story, Your Story

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I woke up today and I felt small.
It happened when I fell into the trap of comparing myself to others.

I doubt that I am the only one that does that. You might also be feeling small, insignificant, and maybe even invisible sometimes. I have felt all of those at one time or another.

But I reminded myself that the Bible tells me otherwise. I have read how God worked in the lives of insignificant and invisible people in a mighty way. I could easily think of five that God moved from a place of insignificance to a position of great ranking.

David was invisible and God handpicked him while a young shepherd and anointed him to be the king of Israel.

Joseph was invisible while falsely imprisoned – until his appointed time when God promoted him to second in command to Pharaoh in Egypt and was used by God to save the people from famine.

Moses was invisible, feeling defeated and finished on the back side of the desert until God burned a holy bush and called him to let His people go.

Nehemiah was invisible during his captivity as a cup bearer for King Artaxerxes and God enabled him to lead the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.

Gideon was invisible as he hid threshing wheat in a wine press when the Angel of the Lord appeared and called him a mighty warrior and God gave him an unconventional victory in battle with only three hundred men.

Recalling the accounts of each of these men assured me that God sees me. He sees you. We are not invisible to Him. But if you feel that way today I would suggest you read about David, Joseph, Moses, Nehemiah and Gideon. Let their stories tell you what they told me today. We are not invisible.

David: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Joseph: Psalm 105:16-22, also see Genesis 41:39-41; Moses: Exodus 3:1-10; Nehemiah: 2:4-6; Gideon: Judges 6:11-12

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