“And the Lord passed before him and
proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,” – Exodus 34:6
I am a very impatient person. I always joke around that I want to become a
doctor so that I can have more “patients”.
We live in such a fast-paced society where we want everything now. If I wait in line for more than a minute
somewhere, I’m upset. If my waiter
doesn’t get me a refill before I finish my first soda, I get angry; I run out
of patience quickly. As much patience as
I lack, I am comforted knowing that God will never run out of it with me.
Exodus 34:6 tells us that God is
longsuffering; He doesn’t have a short fuse and is very enduring and tolerant
with us. We all know what it is like to
deal with people who have a short fuse; the smallest offense, the tiniest
perceived wrong, and they go crazy about that.
God isn’t like that! He deals
with our weaknesses and shortcomings.
Another translation of Exodus 34 uses
the word “compassionate” instead of longsuffering. The dictionary definition for compassion is
“a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by
misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering”. What an incredible thing! God, the creator of the heavens and Earth,
our Savior, the King of kings and Lord of lords, has compassion on us. He looks to alleviate our suffering and has
this deep sympathy for us. He saved us
from the ultimate suffering when through His compassion, He sent His Son to die
for us on the cross so that we would not have to suffer eternally.
This is the God we read about. The God who cares about us; the all-knowing,
all-good, ever-present, perfect God. He
cares about us and will patiently be there for us no matter what. And all He asks in return is that we follow
Him. No matter how often I fall short,
He is ALWAYS there to pick me up!
Prayer Requests:
- Continue praying
for Pam Camacho as she battles stage 4 cancer
- Radical Jesus
Summer Camp (Six78 and HSM) – sign-ups.
That we reach the amount of students we are under contract for
- Scholarship
money for camp
- Vision and
direction for Six78 Leadership
- Pray for Garfield
Willacey as he teaches Wednesday and Pastor Fidel as he teaches this
weekend in Six78
- Pray for The
Attic. God is doing a great work in
this room and we want the enemy to have no place here.
Answered
Prayers:
- Scholarship money continues to come in!
