"Heart of Reconciliation"

"Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:" (Psalms 148:7)

  As I was praying about this verse, wondering what it was God might speak into my heart; my heart became the subject of our conversation. I recalled the final answer that I gave to Pastor Bryan during our interview, and why that answer was what it was: because our hope is not just in eternal life, our hope is all about being reconciled to God! It was the LORD God that called David, "A man after God's own heart." And, as I though about that this morning, the heart of God is to reconcile us back to Him! I remember when that play came to our church, "Toy Maker and Son," that is showed, with a simple message, how it was that the Father and the Son both desired those that created to be saved and to have fellowship with Them. The answer I gave was no doubt the Holy Spirit speaking, because the whole point was that of David physically and instantaneously living out that which was in his heart: that is what hope looks like! It doesn't even need to be discussed or thought about; you just jump up and dust yourself off, because your heart knows first hand where you are going! If you think about it long and hard, David could have had some serious doubt; after all, he had a faithful friend killed, just to cover up his sin. But he was strongly reminded, his sin was not hidden from God! Fortunately, he also knew God's heart, he knew God's promises were sure, and he knew what he needed to do to be right with God. When you also think about his answer, "For against You, You alone have I sinned," there was only One who observed everything that he did and knew the intentions of his heart; how he plotted and deceived; making every effort to hid what he had done. Still, with all of that, he knew that God had forgiven him, and that he was still going to one day be reconciled to God! That my friend is what faith looks like: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen: and God says, "Come, let us reason together"...

"But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the place thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." (Job 28:12-22)