GodTracker 943
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“Our God
is faithful and his love endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood for
you and me.”
Psalm
136:1 (ESV)
Give
thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Dave’s teenage son sat whimpering on the sofa. He’d just
arrived home well past his curfew, and a little over, what might be deemed, a
reasonable limit for a 16-year-old. “I - I’m sorry, dad,” he whined. “Sean, you
know we believe you’re too young to consume alcohol!” asserted his father while
his mother unleashed her disdain at his behaviour.
Dave had raised his children as Christian believers. Both his son and daughter
had discovered their own faith and accepted Christ as Lord. They had been
schooled in the principles of Scripture and encouraged to acknowledge God in
all they do. Yet, here was a case when his teenage son had violated the
standards his father had set and had compromised his example of faith.
As Dave watched his repentant son rocking on the sofa, he was filled with deep
compassion. “Sean,” he said, “you know you have broken my trust. You have
violated the standards I’ve set for you for godly living, and that’s sin. But I
love you. Though you may prove to be the source of grief to your mother and me,
we will never, never stop loving you.” Hugging his sobbing son, Dave added,
“Sean, there is nothing you could ever do that would cause us to stop loving
you. We loved you before you broke our confidence and we still love you.”
Young Sean is indicative of the state of man. The Bible tells us that we have
all sinned and violated the impeccable standards of God’s word. However, we
read that while we were still sinners, God demonstrated his love for us in that
Jesus died to redeem us from the curse of sin. Like Sean, you and I have broken
our Father’s confidence and violated his standards. Yet, on confession of our
sin, our Father is faithful and just to forgive us. He loves us and nothing,
nothing will ever separate us from this love. Our God is faithful and his love
endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood.
Suan apologised to his mom and dad and repented before God for his wrongdoing
and never violated their standards in this way again. It was his father’s
uncompromised standards and his uncompromised love that changed the heart of
this rebellious young man. Today, Sean is married with his own children,
setting in them the same standards that his father set in him.
God-tracking is uncompromised love.
IT’S ALL IN THE
BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word
of God and get the word of God into you!
Romans 3:10-18,
23-24
Romans 5:8
1 John 1:9
Psalm 100:5 (NIV)
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SO, DON’T GIVE UP,
LOOK UP & PRAY
“Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me.”
“Dear Father, I
admit that I have violated your goodness and sinned against you. I’m sorry,
Lord. I confess my sin and trust that your unconditional love will forgive me
and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Thank you for your generous fatherly
love. I know that nothing (not even my own wrongdoing) can separate me from
your love. Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me.
Amen.”
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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by
Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His
Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by
tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the
author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.
Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/
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