Micah 7:18-19 (AMPC)
“Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness. He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
God is unique. He is a God who keeps a remnant for Himself. No matter how stubborn or disobedient the people of Israel were, God was faithful to His covenant. He kept a remnant of faithful people for Himself. God is merciful and loving. His anger does not last forever.
Not only does God show mercy and kindness to His people, He utterly destroys sin. He subdues it. He treads it underfoot. He has the ultimate victory over sin, and so through Him we also have the ultimate victory over sin. When we allow God to remove our sins from us, He puts them in the depths of the sea. They are washed away. They are gone. They have no more power over us.
That’s how great our God is. He is great enough to forgive. Great enough to remove the memory of our sin. Great enough to wash them away. Great enough to share His victory with us, His people. His remnant.
Thank you, Father, that you are an awesome God. There is no one like you. There is not other god who forgives sin, who tramples it under foot, who casts it into the sea, who shows mercy and kindness to us, even when we don’t deserve it. Thank you. There is nothing I could ever do to merit that kind of mercy and kindness. Thank you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
A Beautiful Mess 