Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou are the Lord our God (Jer. 3:22).
God loves backsliders? Here is the proof of it. "Return," He says, "and I will heal your backslidings." God Himself is the only physician who can do that. A backslider is only a Christian grown cold.
In a great bronze foundry, lying side by side, were two heads made of metal. One was perfect, with all the features of a noble, manly face clear and distinct. In the other, hardly a feature was discernable. The reason for this was that the metal had been allowed to grow a little too cool. And that's the way it is in the Christian life. Many a believer who might be stamped with the image and superscription of their Creator grows cold, the image is marred, the likeness blurred.
How about it, friend; is the metal growing cold? Return--return to God. Sit down and read the fifteenth chapter of Luke, which was written especially for you. It has been called the greatest short story ever written, the story of the prodigal son and the forgiving father. When that boy "came to himself" he said, "I will arise and go to my father." Friend, haven't you come to yourself today? Won't you arise and come back home? "Return," God says, "and I will heal your backslidings." Won't you make part of our text your response to Him, "Behold, we come unto thee"?
The symptoms of backslidings are like those attending a physical decline: loss of appetite, disrelish for food. When you find yourself not enjoying prayer and the reading of the Bible, beware! Begin to pray as never before, feed of the Word of God, exercise in Christian work. Return to the Lord, the Great Physician, and He will heal you.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me" (Ps. 30:2).
God loves backsliders? Here is the proof of it. "Return," He says, "and I will heal your backslidings." God Himself is the only physician who can do that. A backslider is only a Christian grown cold.
In a great bronze foundry, lying side by side, were two heads made of metal. One was perfect, with all the features of a noble, manly face clear and distinct. In the other, hardly a feature was discernable. The reason for this was that the metal had been allowed to grow a little too cool. And that's the way it is in the Christian life. Many a believer who might be stamped with the image and superscription of their Creator grows cold, the image is marred, the likeness blurred.
How about it, friend; is the metal growing cold? Return--return to God. Sit down and read the fifteenth chapter of Luke, which was written especially for you. It has been called the greatest short story ever written, the story of the prodigal son and the forgiving father. When that boy "came to himself" he said, "I will arise and go to my father." Friend, haven't you come to yourself today? Won't you arise and come back home? "Return," God says, "and I will heal your backslidings." Won't you make part of our text your response to Him, "Behold, we come unto thee"?
The symptoms of backslidings are like those attending a physical decline: loss of appetite, disrelish for food. When you find yourself not enjoying prayer and the reading of the Bible, beware! Begin to pray as never before, feed of the Word of God, exercise in Christian work. Return to the Lord, the Great Physician, and He will heal you.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me" (Ps. 30:2).
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