Hearing our great and awesome God say “I will repay” sounds scary, doesn’t it? And indeed the Lord is to be feared! He is a mighty God that demands justice.
But let’s not forget that He is also merciful – let’s consider how He deals with ensuring His justice is done among us sinners...
Justice must be done if God is righteous, holy and just. I have earned a steep penalty that only blood would pay. But the steep penalty was paid when Jesus took my sins to the cross, giving His sinless blood and dying in my place.
If I take my own punishment, I die and go to eternal death. I am unable to defeat death. But our Lord and Savior Jesus is able and He did defeat both death and the grave, so I could be saved!
Therefore the Lord will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. (Isaiah 30:18)
Wait on the Lord – His Mercy is worth waiting for!
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