"If your sins were like scarlet,
Like snow they will be whitened;
If they were red like crimson,
They will come to be like white wool "
Isaiah 1:18
It is true that we are human and that our flesh often plays tricks on us. We constantly struggle to keep going and to walk as faithfully as we can. We tirelessly try to be up, in the flame, in a full life; but we stumble, fall and like any fall, it hurts us.
I remember how many times when I was little, learning to ride a bicycle, I fell again and again, again and again; But the falls, although very painful, never stopped me from moving forward and I definitely learned to ride a bike. I know that we all have different experiences to tell, in which we need our constant effort to achieve them, they are all different, but they all resemble our spiritual life. In my case at this moment learning to ride a bike, is to learn to follow Jesus and everything that entails; and each fall of the bike, symbolizes each of the falls in which I fail God. Falls that I realize now, hurt more, much more, than what was the worst fall of my bike.
It was an ordinary afternoon, at least that's what I thought; I went out as any child full of happiness to the street and took my bike, and I started riding from one side to another on my bike with a big smile on my lips. Finally after several days I could see the sunlight and feel the air rubbing my skin. When I was little and my mom combed my hair, they just let me ride from corner to corner of the block with my bike, going around and around. At that time I would have liked to have a fish memory so as not to get bored, spinning it over and over again in the same tank. Everything was going well, I rode a bike as a pigeon on the fly, and the eagle (my mother) watched me from that window without taking my eyes off (it looked more like a military objective). When suddenly in one of those turns the unexpected happened.
An unhappy stone that was in my way, which I believe, was the one that appears in Romans 9:33, "Behold, I am placing in Sion a stumbling stone and falling rock," which I did not see in time to react, was the one that Made to fall. I think my bike took a spectacular turn in the air with its unique steed dancing with it (it seemed like ice skating mixed with ballet), while giving all those wonderful turns in the air, it seemed to me only to hear the eagle screams away ( my mother) shouting my name loudly (as if it were an opera concert), thinking that her screams were going to keep her from falling hard and hitting me terribly. Thank God that they were only turned on the roller coaster and when I fell, it did not hurt me very much. When I got up from the ground, I could only see a mother with a deep pain to see her son fall, and not be able to do anything from where she was. But as I tell you, thank God it did not happen to adults.
That stone was one of the "things that eye did not see, nor heard heard", but that fall did not stop me to continue learning every day to improve my Technique in Management of professional bicycle riding. But I was trying to make it better and better. So much so that I completely learned all the art of riding a bicycle.
We all definitely have stories to tell, some are falls that hurt us deeply, and others are anecdotes that have happened to us, of which I remember that perhaps makes a smile come out of our lips and cause us to laugh, but when compared with the spiritual life I am completely sure that none of us after a fall, and remembering it, causes us to laugh. Sincerely the only thing that causes is pain and tears. Understanding that just as it hurts us and makes us cry, it also hurts and makes God cry.
Remember only for a moment, like every time we fell, no matter how, our mother or father ran out to catch us, to hug us; willing to beat us and calm us down; and in the best cases to give us a little ice cream so that it does not hurt so much.
In the same way God acts when we fall. He runs exasperatively to pick us up from the sand and to hug us. To tell us that "it does not matter, I'm still here with you". And do you know in this case that it symbolizes ice cream? his love. Which makes us not so much hurt the fall and helps us get up more quickly.
In spite of all this, of everything that we can fall and fail to God he loves us with an unspeakable love. And perhaps too many times we have heard about the love of God. But do we really know what the true love of God is?
In Jeremiah 31: 3 there is a verse that is well known, but no less important, on the contrary it is much more significant than we sometimes read. He says: "with eternal love (immortal, indestructible, imperishable) I have loved you; therefore, I extend to you my mercy. " The love of God goes far beyond our human understanding, but He himself is responsible for showing us every day with everything he does for us and showing us his love even in the smallest details; the air, the rain, the sun, the birds and most importantly, life.
In Song 8: 6b it says: "For love is strong as death." And now I understand why. In the previous verse God tells us that he loves us with eternal love, and so death is; eternal (indestructible, indelible).
We do not have to worry about the affliction that we now have, because of course, this will be forgiven by God if we repent from the heart.
In Matthew 18: 21-22 it says: "Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how many times will I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven? Jesus said to him: I do not tell you until seven, but even up to seventy times seven. "
Taking into account these verses and applying them to our life; then we must be sure that God will forgive us. Because Jesus can not teach a lie, and if He teaches it, it is because He applies it.
There are two formulas to make this verse:
If we multiplied 70 X 7, it would basically give us 490 times in which God will forgive us.
But if we multiplied like this 7 X 7: 49, then 49 X 7: 343, 343 X 7: 2401, multiplying each result by 7. That would give a number that would not fit in any calculator. It would be the billions of billions of times that God will forgive us.
And I have good news for you, and I am also going to reveal to you one of the most beautiful and encouraging secrets of God.
One of these two formulas is the one that God uses permanently to forgive us. What do you think it is? ... Exactly!
God will never tire of forgiving us and be assured that He will forgive us billions and billions of times, all thanks to His true love.
God loves us so much that even when we are in affliction, in the middle of the desert; He uses us to bless others. (And hold up the hand to which this has not happened).
That is his true and great love, that in spite of our mistakes, He is there telling us "I am with you and do not worry about anything; because I love you". God is more than willing to take away all that sand that remains stuck in the falls; and that sand is only removed with the Spring of life; his love.
In John 7:38 it says: "He who believes in me (in my deity, in my forgiveness, in my love) as the Scripture says, rivers of living water (strong, active) will flow from within"
So let us not grieve more for our falls and let us not live in condemnation and constant guilt. Because only with believing in his forgiveness, having the full conviction of his love, and believing in Faith that has forgiven us; He forgives us, and not only that; He forgives us with so much love that he forgets all our sins and throws them into the depths of the sea. It is more God loves us so much that when he forgives us, he forgets that he forgot.
So at no time do we doubt his true and great love towards us, which will never change; because God is forever and forever is his love.
In Isaiah 43: 2 and 5a, God encourages us greatly and gives us his full help. He says: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and if by the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you pass through the fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flame burn in you "and then he says in verse 5a" Do not be afraid, because I am with you "
As I said before, God does not lie to us. And repeatedly in Scripture God tells us that he is with us. But often because of situations we forget. And there are moments when looking for a desperate response from God, and it is not his time, we find verses like "and throwing the pieces of silver in the temple, he went out, and he went and hanged himself". Obviously God does not want us to hang ourselves, but we find the perfect rest in Him, that we trust and believe in His perfect love.
No need to worry; God always takes us by the hand in our moments which we can catalog as good; but it carries us in its arms when we are going through the afflictions, the falls or the desert.
We are never alone, and we never will be.
So make the decision to leave where you are, Lazarus stand up that God wants you alive!
This verse is well known, but fundamental in the revival 1 John 1: 9 says: "If we confess (declare, reveal, before him) our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
Do not grieve anymore; He loves you and will forgive you. Do not condemn yourself anymore; He is your helper. Seek Him, He is waiting for you to tell you:
"With eternal love I have loved you. Get up, I'm with you. Y…
DO NOT CRY MORE".
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