Scripture: Micah 7: 18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

Hebrews 7: 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Observation: Micah says that God does not stay angry forever, but even DELIGHTS to show mercy! That is the kind of God I need! Years later the writer to the Hebrews speaks of Jesus as a high priest who “truly meets our needs.”

Application: If I am going to have any meaningful relationship with God, He will have to meet my need for mercy. I need Him to be forgiving. I then need His strength to provide for my weakness. I need His standard of holiness and the strength of His presence to protect me from my bent to sin.

Prayer: Lord, you are the kind of God I need. I need your provision for my past, your presence for my now, and your promise for my future. Amen.

Leon Hiebert
Making friends for time and eternity!