Yesterday I talked a little bit about how sometimes things just never seem to go our way. Today I have had to live by my own words. I had an interview for a promotion at work. I really thought I had it but unfortunately, they decided to go with another person. I was so disappointed. When the Christian side of me steps back in and beats the tar out of the earthly side of me, I remember that God has a purpose for me and I have to accept that. Romans 8:28 says "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose."
Kinda hard to argue with that!
Today I was continuing my reading in Luke. I didn't get very far though. I was really struck by the last four verses in Luke 13. I read through these four verses several times. In these few verses, Jesus is verbalizing his sorrow for the lost in Jerusalem. In verse 34 he says "Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing."
I am struck by the wording and how much love it expresses. If I put it in perspective of my own children, I can't imagine them turning their back on me. I would be crushed. Yet, that is what we do to our savior every time we do not follow Him. How happy he must be when we turn our walk around and go to Him. How proud he must be when we help someone who is lost, find their way back to Jesus.
God's heart aches for every lost person.
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