Joshua 3:10 – “And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.”

Today, as I prayed, read, and pondered what I was reading, God’s Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence flooded my heart and mind.    

As I read in Job, the declaration was made that God sees our ways and counts our steps.  Wow!  He sees it all, records it all, and knows it all.  That, for some, is frightening, but for those who are His, it is a comfort. 

He is Love, but that does not mean He ignores sin.  He is also just and will judge sin.  But He is longsuffering and promises to forgive if we come to Him in repentance and belief.  Some try to make God all Love and omit the Justice portion of His character.  No sin can enter heaven, but if we adopt the view that regardless, everybody gets to heaven, we negate the Cross and the price Jesus paid.

Jesus paid for our rebellion.  There is no way to clean up sin with human justification and with human philosophy.  We err if we create a doctrine out of our desire for justification.  We need to allow the Word of God to transform us rather than attempting to transform the Word of God to suit us.

God is Love!  God is Mercy!  God is Longsuffering!  God is Forgiving!  God is all that, and He is also Holy!  His Holiness demands divine Justice, which Jesus did at the Cross.  He paid our penalty.  However, the caveat was that we must confess our sins and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead. 

The Bible says “if” not whether we do or not, but “if” we confess.   He promises not to reject us when we do.  God is more interested in our pardon than we are.  He wants no one to be lost but gives us the ability to choose right and wrong.  He even promised the Holy Spirit to help us walk the right path.

Today, take comfort in the reality that God sees it all, knows it all, and is All-Powerful.  He has never and will never fail; therefore, we can be assured that we can live without a sense of lack in anything.  We can live knowing that He is Our Father, and we are His children.  We can live knowing that Jesus is preparing a place for us and coming back for us.  We can live knowing that we have authority and power over the enemy.  We are, through Jesus, more than conquerors!

Rejoice!  Today would be a great day to decide that you will no longer allow the conditions of this world to shape your attitude.  You will allow God’s Spirit and Word to guide and inspire.  Be Who He Says You Are!  Victorious!

Have a fantastic day, and remember, Jesus is coming back as He said, and that final Sunday will come!