The Lord waits for us

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Burn1986 said:
Ran across Isaiah 30:18
“So the Lord must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the Lord is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.”

It’s simple, but it’s comforting to know that God waits for us to go through our stubborn stages, and is ready at a moment’s notice to have mercy and rescue us. Yes, it’s hard for me to believe this at times.
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this is so true
 
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Burn1986 said:
When wrestling with sin whole seeking God,

You’re reading too much into it. You obviously enjoy writing and getting an intellectual satisfaction in a well constructed “intellectual” reply to a spiritual matter, even though this scripture obviously does not apply to you. There are times in a Christian’s life when they go through trials (either by their own making or something else). Just as with the prodigal son, the Father actively waited for his son. You can do a deep dive on this and spend hours applying different angles, historical exposition, word study sequences and commentary, and that’s good for you. For me, I read this and simply thought it’s comforting to know that God is waiting for us.
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It was honestly bad etiquette to derail your thread like I did, sorry about that (I couldn't really do much once replies started happening). I should have been more conscious about your post and what I was posting in my original post. I agree with you, it is good to know that God waits for us. Sorry again.

This will be my last post on the anger issue, it does say that God is slow to anger, and that his anger does not last forever, so perhaps God is not angry with sinners before salvation. I couldn't know for sure but it is what makes sense to me, that at some point God does start getting angry with us, since his wrath is what sinners will experience forever - he obviously isn't happy about what we've done. We're made in his image so it makes sense to me that he would experience anger in a way that is comparable to us. I might be totally wrong though as is evidenced by the replies I got, apparently people think otherwise.
 
LeeLoving said:
It was honestly bad etiquette to derail your thread like I did, sorry about that (I couldn't really do much once replies started happening). I should have been more conscious about your post and what I was posting in my original post. I agree with you, it is good to know that God waits for us. Sorry again.

This will be my last post on the anger issue, it does say that God is slow to anger, and that his anger does not last forever, so perhaps God is not angry with sinners before salvation. I couldn't know for sure but it is what makes sense to me, that at some point God does start getting angry with us, since his wrath is what sinners will experience forever - he obviously isn't happy about what we've done. We're made in his image so it makes sense to me that he would experience anger in a way that is comparable to us. I might be totally wrong though as is evidenced by the replies I got, apparently people think otherwise.
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God bless you brother.
 
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LeeLoving said:
It was honestly bad etiquette to derail your thread like I did, sorry about that (I couldn't really do much once replies started happening). I should have been more conscious about your post and what I was posting in my original post. I agree with you, it is good to know that God waits for us. Sorry again.

This will be my last post on the anger issue, it does say that God is slow to anger, and that his anger does not last forever, so perhaps God is not angry with sinners before salvation. I couldn't know for sure but it is what makes sense to me, that at some point God does start getting angry with us, since his wrath is what sinners will experience forever - he obviously isn't happy about what we've done. We're made in his image so it makes sense to me that he would experience anger in a way that is comparable to us. I might be totally wrong though as is evidenced by the replies I got, apparently people think otherwise.
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I get what you’re saying. Like it says, “It’s a fearful thing to fall into the hands of an angry God..” we know that God does only bear with us for a time before turning up the heat. But there is the hope that God will mercifully grant us much forgiveness and forbearance on that road back to Him. 😊
 
pinebeach said:
If anyone doubts the grace, love and mercy of God, there is the story of Manasseh in II Chron. We are told that he did worse, as king, then the nations God told the Israelites to drive out.

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. 2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. 6He sacrificed his sons in the firea in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

7Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. 8I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

9So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.


AND WHAT HAPPENED?

Manasseh’s Repentance and Restoration
(2 Kings 21:10–18)

10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen. 11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. 12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers
. 13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

14After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

15He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mountb and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city. 16Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel. 17Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

18As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.c 19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.d 20And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
II Kings 21:10-18


Imagine that.
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One could wonder what would’ve happened had Hezekiah not fasted and Manasseh wasn’t born?
 
Burn1986 said:
One could wonder what would’ve happened had Hezekiah not fasted and Manasseh wasn’t born?
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In that sense we could wonder what might have happened if Esther et al had not fasted. Actually, I tend to wonder more along the lines of what would have happened if I had fasted or not made certain choices ;)
 
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pinebeach said:
In that sense we could wonder what might have happened if Esther et al had not fasted. Actually, I tend to wonder more along the lines of what would have happened if I had fasted or not made certain choices ;)
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Ain’t that the truth 👍
 
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