20 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses (Josuha 11:20).
When God exercises His sovereignty it does not always conform to what we may think is fair. After all, if God hardens a heart of an individual, they really have no chance on their own to make things right. Seems unfair, doesn’t it? This is where we come face-to-face with the holiness of God. God is holy and His justice proceeds from who He is. Remember the name of God: I AM (Yahweh). God sees past, present and future, simultaneously. He is God and we are not. There is something to consider here, we often think we want God to be just, but we may want to be careful in what we wish. We should really beg God for His mercy, since none of us can withstand His holy justice on our own. And that is the point, when hearts are hardened; they are hardened due to unbelief. God lets them have it their way. We, on the other hand, should not want to have it our way but rather to depend on God and His mercy. Rest assured, that God in His sovereignty, will be merciful to those who call upon His holy name.
When God exercises His sovereignty it does not always conform to what we may think is fair. After all, if God hardens a heart of an individual, they really have no chance on their own to make things right. Seems unfair, doesn’t it? This is where we come face-to-face with the holiness of God. God is holy and His justice proceeds from who He is. Remember the name of God: I AM (Yahweh). God sees past, present and future, simultaneously. He is God and we are not. There is something to consider here, we often think we want God to be just, but we may want to be careful in what we wish. We should really beg God for His mercy, since none of us can withstand His holy justice on our own. And that is the point, when hearts are hardened; they are hardened due to unbelief. God lets them have it their way. We, on the other hand, should not want to have it our way but rather to depend on God and His mercy. Rest assured, that God in His sovereignty, will be merciful to those who call upon His holy name.
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