Micah I
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love. (Micah 7:18 ESV)
Destroy or Fix
It was a sad day when my first vehicle was finally towed away to the junk yard. I had put up with idiosyncrasies, repaired mechanical ailments small and large, ignored public mockery for my jalopy, and made use of duct tape that would have made the inventor shudder.
But I finally could not fix it anymore.
If I could have continued to fix it, I would have.
My affection towards that truck would have kept me driving that old thing even down to today, if I had the power, the knowledge, and the ability.
God loves His people more than I loved my truck. And He DOES have power. He DOES have knowledge. He DOES have the ability.
And He gives our broken lives one BIG fix, instead of dozens of small ones.
He gives us Jesus.
Instead of destroying us… He fixes us.
He delights in forgiving us, because of Jesus. He delights in justifying us, because of Jesus. He delights in sanctifying us, because of Jesus. And He will delight in glorifying us, because of Jesus.