the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Kings 8:41-53
In order to intercede, it is not enough to know the weakness of the human heart (v. 46). It is also necessary, like Solomon in this instance, to have confidence in the compassion of God’s heart. If Jesus, our High Priest and Advocate, knows only too well the heart of man, He also knows that of His Father. But His desire is that we should go to Him so as to have personal experience of it (cf. John 10:17; John 16:27).
"Hear and forgive"! Our chapter teaches us that in truth we can go to God in every circumstance. There was room at the Lord’s feet for the worst sinners (Luke 7:37). Today still, faithful to His promise, He does not cast out him that comes to Him (John 6:37).
Sin is the chain by which even a believer can be held captive in "the land of the enemy" (v. 46). God is ready to deliver him from it. However the road to pardon necessarily passes through confession. "I acknowledged my sin unto thee . . . and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin" (Psalms 32:5).
God hears: He forgives. Yes, He can pardon all because Jesus has atoned for all. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
