Christmas Repentance, 2 Corinthians 7:10

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael. Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them. 2 Kings 13:2-4 - I know this doesn’t seem much like a Christmas passage but stay with me. Christmas is about salvation being born. We who had turned away from God can turn to God and find rescue. Here in our passage the king had taken many steps away from the Lord, yet after seeing the turmoil that brought, he turned to the Lord and the Lord listened to him. Today, know if your story has taken steps away from Jesus, just like the king in our story you can turn to Jesus today and find God waiting for you. This is the most precious gift anyone could offer, life with God and forgiveness of our sin! Thank you Jesus that we can at any point in our journey, no matter how far we’ve gotten, we can turn to you! Merry Christmas! I love you, but Jesus loves you more.

Mac M