He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19.
I greet you all in the name of Jesus, who never changes his promise which he has promised to us. Lord Jesus leaded me to meditate this verse and He wants to reveal his everlasting love on us so that we may inherit His kingdom. In this verse Lord Jesus reveals his love, mercy, care and grace which makes Him to forgive our sins. In this verse the first part says “He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us” and the second part of the verse says “he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” This verse is to people who are living in sinful life and could not overcome sin, uphold this promise with faith because Lord Jesus will come to you and forgive your sins and make you as his beloved sons and daughter.
There are some servants of God in bible who has disobeyed God's command, “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” Isaiah 59:2. But once they repented Lord Jesus was so compassion to forgive their sins. Prophet named Jonah, he was serving Lord Jesus with fear and followed his commandments. Meaning of Jonah is “dove” most of the politicians and even kings used dove as a symbol of peace. According to the name Jonah, once Lord Jesus sent him to place named Nineveh, in this place people were living against the will of the Lord. They lived sinful life, didn’t follow the God's commandments.
Seeing their sinful life Lord Jesus sent Jonah in order to warn them that he will destroy Nineveh, as he destroyed the people of Sodom who lived a sinful life. Jonah went in a ship, but he didn’t go to Nineveh in fear of people and their cruelities that he might be killed instead he changed his way towards a place named Tarshish. He disobeyed God and he didn’t go to Nineveh where the Lord wants him to go but he went in his own way. “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD” Jonah 1:3. As soon as he got into the ship, Lord sent out a great wind into the sea and everyone in the ship were screaming to their gods to save them, but Jonah was fast asleep and he knew not this. The shipmaster woke him up and told him to pray to his God, then the shipmaster told to write names and to cast lots so that they can identify on whom this evil is upon. When they casted the lots and the lot fell upon Jonah and they enquired him why the evil is upon him, then Jonah said that he was away from the presence of Jesus and he disobeyed him. Jonah himself said to the shipmaster and the fellow persons to cast him into the sea and they did so, “Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” Jonah 1:17.
Jonah repented and confessed to the lord for his sins in the belly of the fish “I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice” Jonah 2:2. And the lord heard the prayers of Jonah, he came back to him and forgave his sins and after 3 long days and nights he was inside the belly of fish, Lord made the fish to vomit Jonah out of its belly in the seashore. “And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land” Jonah 2:10. And Jonah went to Nineveh as the Lord commanded.
In the life of Jonah we see him as man who feared God, but in times he disobeyed God. The one who disobeys the word of God and doing things against his will are called as sinners. Once Jonah disobeyed God he became sinner and he was thrown into the sea. Though he was a sinner still Jesus loved him and he doesn’t want Jonah to be drowned in water and die, instead he sent big fish to swallow him and kept him in the belly of the fish. That’s the love and care he shows on his children, though Jonah went away from him he sent the big fish to save him. When Jonah was thrown in water he was a sinner but Lord was so compassion to save him and heard the prayers of Jonah from the depths of the sea and he forgave his sins. The sins which Jonah committed has been forgiven and drowned in the depths of the sea, as the verse says I will forgive and throw your sins in the depths of the sea.
Jonah drowned in the sea as a sinner but when he came out of the sea, from the belly of the fish he was a new man whose sins were forgiven and thrown in the depth of the sea. Even Lord Jesus is expecting you to repent from your sin, as Jonah did. Once you confess your sins as Jonah did, your sins will be forgiven by the blood of Lord Jesus with lot of love, mercy, care and grace. God would have killed the people of Nineveh for their iniquities instead he sent renewed Jonah to preach that Lord Jesus is willing to forgive the people of Nineveh and they repented too. No more Lord Jesus had anger on the people of Nineveh, because he came back to them with compassion and forgave their sins that no more they repeat the sins .And throwed their sins in the depths of the sea. Nobody knows the depths of the sea, even today’s science has not invented the exact depth of the sea.
So come to Lord Jesus he will forgive your sins, with compassion and love he gave his life for our sins and shed his blood and died for us on the cross so that your sins will be forgiven and he wants us to be his beloved sons and daughters. He is waiting for you to open your heart and give place for him. No more you sin because He dwells in your heart and leads you and you will follow Him. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new” 2Cor 5:17. So be a new man in Lord Jesus Christ that you may inherit His kingdom. If anyone who believes Lord Jesus Christ will not perish but will have eternal life. COME TO JESUS!!
your brother in Christ
K. SOLOMON RAJ
