All over the place, it seems, there are people who say that God gave a chance to America for revival, God gave the nation many chances for revival, and now they ask the question as to whether it's too late? Has God closed the doors and is now about to pour out judgement on America.
The good news is is that with God it is never too late! As long as we are living, the mercies of God continue and His love is everlasting to everlasting.
The word of God is full of a God who continues to reason with mankind. God says in His word "Come and let us reason, for though your sins are as scarlet I will turn them white as snow". Imagine, God is waiting for a people who are willing to come to the place of reasoning. That place is the cross.
God also says Heb 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye will hear his voice,
Heb 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Heb 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Heb 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Heb 3:11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Heb 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
And again the Lord says..
Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
The Lord of all the universe is speaking to all those with ears to hear. Come, let us reason, I am speaking to you, do not harden your hearts and deceive yourself (get honest with God), draw near to Me and I will draw near to you.
Did you hear that? God draws near. This means that God comes near, and He doesn't come near. When does God draw near? When we cleanse our hands, and purify our hearts.....going to the cross of Jesus. Quit being double-minded! Take up your cross daily and follow Jesus.
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Have a true sorrow for your sins, a sorrow that leads to true repentance, not just talk and pretension. If you do this you will have personal revival in your life and you will have a joy that flows from your belly, the deepest part of your being will flow out with the rivers of living water.
Is it ever too late? Absolutely not!! The gates of heaven are wide open, come, draw near to Him and He promises to draw near to you. Can we ever tire God out? Absolutely not, the death of Jesus on the cross paid for every one of our sins, before we even did it. All we need to do is to continue to go daily to the cross for a cleansing. But how do I get to draw near to God? Cleanse your hands and purify your heart, you sinner.
As long as we live God is faithful to humanity, one small human step towards God causes the God of all creation to rise to the occasion of drawing near to man.
"Come and let us reason, though your sins are as scarlet I will make them white as snow".
God bless you all,
Sarah
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