June 18

There is one thing – no, two things for sure; First, God is emotional and He is broken by His people leaving Him. The second is that God will deal with His people! I want to concentrate of the first observation.

It is an incredible thing that God is so much like me! O.k., o.k., I am like Him. He is so emotional, so driven by his disappointment. As we read yesterday, and will read tomorrow, He loves so deep that His heart is vexed when generations choose another – a worthless other! I think God’s heart is hurt on 2 levels; personal and personal. What I mean is that His heart feels like ours (we are created in His image and likeness), (we also see this in the heart of Jesus), and God himself is bummed internally about His chosen people He has given so much to, living for themselves and giving themselves over to worshiping man made idols. The other deep level hurt is that God loves His people so much that He HATES to see them hurt themselves and not prosper in His plan for their lives AND have a great and loving relationship with HIM! I just thought of one more thing; God is bummed because it is Israel’s charge to bring the world to the knowledge of God, and they can’t even bring themselves into that knowledge because of the deception they have swallowed. Make no mistake about it, God feels and God hurts.