In review of Daniel 9:4, I read “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.” (NLT)
God is merciful, If I confess my sins and return to him. I should never let my past keep me from returning to Him. He is waiting for me and wants me to return to him.
In the past few studies, I’ve already learned to let God speak to me before I speak to him, focus my attention on and seek him, express my desires with passion, demonstrate my seriousness and thank Him for his love and promises.
Daniel describes this in Daniel 9:4: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands” (NLT). Thanking God may be the last thing I want to do during a crisis. I may be angry with and frustrated with him. But this is why I need to do this. I need a change in my perspective.
Daniel says in a few verses later, “The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him” (Daniel 9:9 NLT). I should be grateful that God is faithful even when I’m not. God keeps his promises every time. And God will continue keeping them in my crisis. God won’t abandon me. Show God I realize this. Let him know I trust him. It’s an important part of a prayer that God will always answer during a crisis.
I need to humbly confess my sin. God won’t listen to prideful complaining, but he will listen to humble confessing. God responds to humility. God already knows every foolish thing you’ve ever done in your life, but he still wants you to confess your sin.
When I humbly admit I blew it, God responds with forgiveness, mercy, and grace. Confessing simply means agreeing with God about my sin. I tell God he is right, what I did was sin. I don’t make excuses. I don’t call it a mistake. I admit that I was wrong.
I need to learn to be specific with my confession like Daniel did in Daniel 9:5-6:“We have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations. We have refused to listen to your servants, the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land” (NLT).
Daniel’s prayer helps me understand how my unconfessed sin creates distance between God and myself. It’s a powerful reminder of how God answers my prayers as I agree with him about my sin. God is always faithful to forgive, when I come to him with a humble heart.
In summary, I have a great and awesome God who always fulfills his covenant and keeps his promises of unfailing love. My God is merciful, If I confess my sins and return to him. In the past few studies, I’ve already learned to let God speak to me before I speak to him, focus my attention on and seek him, express my desires with passion, demonstrate my seriousness and today I conclude with thanking Him for his love and promises. I may be angry and frustrated and thanking God may be the last thing I want to do during a crisis. But I need to do this. I need a change in my perspective. I need to be grateful that God is faithful even when I’m not. For God promises to never abandon me. Demonstrate to God I realize this. Let him know I trust him. Humbly confess my sin for God won’t listen to prideful complaining, but he will listen to humble confessing. God responds to humility. When I humbly admit I blew it, God responds with forgiveness, mercy, and grace. I admit that I was wrong. God is always faithful to forgive, when I come to him with a humble heart.
Father I come to you and humbly confess that I want things to go my way and I want to feel I’m in control. I’ve blown it. I need your mercy, grace and forgiveness. With the help of your Holy Spirit help me to be humble in my opinion of myself. I want to follow your lead. These things I pray in your Son Jesus’ name, amen.
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