Introduction
What do you think Jonah did while in the belly of the fish? What do you do when you are in a predicament? Who do you turn? Jonah ran from God’s request in Jonah 1, and in Jonah 2, Jonah has nowhere to turn but to God. There was a time when I ran from God. I remember the pain of being out of the will of God. We look at Psalm 130 today but my the Psalm that explains what happens when we run away that I like the best is Psalm 32.
Reading and Assignment
Psalm 130: 1-6, SOAP Psalm 130: 4-5
Scripture,
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. Psalm 130: 4-5.
Observation
Forgiveness brings freedom. Forgiveness brings waiting on the Lord to an end. God’s word gives us hope.
Application
Who do you need to forgive?
Prayer
Father God, if there is anyone resisting the need to forgive someone become real to them. Lord, Your word gives us hope and says we need to forgive. Lord, forgiveness brings freedom. Search me O God and see if there is someone I need to forgive. Lord if someone reading this made the mistakes I did by running away from you, bring them back and let them forgive themselves. In Jesus name, Amen.
Conclusion
I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, those are the words of a song, forgiveness is the key to living close to God. Beloved, I choose to forgive _________ for ________ and it made me feel ________ are liberating words. When we forgive from our hearts, we take the person off our hook and place the offender on God’s hook. He is the only fair judge. The blog is at http://www.lovegodgreatly.com.
