Already by the beginning of chapter 4 you might wonder how the Israelites could turn away from God yet again. But this is just the beginning; it is going to happen many times after this. In fact, the cycle will continue right throughout the Old Testament history. What is more amazing than the waywardness of the people, however, is the grace of God in all this. In every cycle, after every act of rebellion, whenever the people cry out to God, there is no hesitation on God’s part to come and save them. There is no point at which he deems them to have gone too far and abandons them irrevocably. It is amazing. Without hesitation, when God hears the cries of his people, he saves them, every time. Isn’t that the heart of a father! Of course, God gets angry with his people but we are his children, he is bound to us with an unbreakable bond of love. If you have strayed far from God, you need never cower away from him in your shame and unworthiness. God loves you and seeks you. He longs for you to cry out to him so that he can save you from yourself. You are his child. There is nothing God wants more than to be reconciled with you. There is no higher price that God could have paid to make this possible than that which he paid in Jesus Christ. God seeks you. Return to him today.
Seek God today.
Read Joshua 4:1 – 6:6
