God Quote-Even Now Return
JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the LORD says in Joel 2:12.
“Even now, return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
It is not uncommon for brokenness to bring us to our knees and to cry out to God. We recognize our own inadequacies and turn to His sufficient grace to provide salvation for us.
God is close to a broken heart. After the Lord issued this invitation for the people to return to Him, the prophet Joel added, “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”
That word “Rend” means to tear apart. Sometimes people tore their garments in distress. Rending our heart would mean acknowledging our broken condition and repenting of our sins before the Lord. This is the path to forgiveness and spiritual healing.
Joel 2:12-that’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com