God will not turn His face

For if you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him." - 2 Chronicles 30v9

It is coming close the end for Judah. They had ignored God over and over again, and yet God’s mercy was still there. He still wanted to take care of His people. He gave them a chance and told them that even in the upcoming captivity their captors would show compassion on them and eventually let them return to the land if they would turn to back to God.

The reason? God is gracious and merciful. He will not turn His face away if His people return to Him.

It is hard for our human minds to reconcile God’s justice with His mercy. The two don’t always seem compatible. But the truth is that God is always and forever perfectly just. He is also always and forever perfectly merciful.

God’s justice demands judgement. But in the midst of His justice He shows mercy to those who turn to Him. We read that it is not His desire that any should perish.

Praise God for His mercy and for the amazing truth that He will not turn His face away for those who turn Him.