Unchanging love in an ever-changing worldJesus created the seas that buried your sinsWho is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:18-19 New American Standard We like to think that given the same opportunities and blessings, we would never rebel and stray like our Old Testament families. It seems like they are always trying to make a better deal on their own, rather than live in the fullness of everything God promised them. “We think we can do a little better. We want to be more like other countries. We can always turn back to God. He’ll always take us back.” That’s the thing about God: He does take them back, chases them down, allows them to chase idols and play unfaithful, and be guilty beyond measure, but He keeps His Word. It’s a good thing the Lord created the depths of the seas. You can close your eyes and imagine your sins buried beneath the sea. Not only that, He promised to not remember your sins. How is that even possible?  We remember decades, even longer, and sometimes pass along the viral infection of sin-disease. Except, it’s far more worse than an infection or disease. How could God promise not to remember? What if He changes His mind or we become worse than our covenant-formed family? Unchanging love? It seems that God has a soft spot. He can’t stop loving His family. That means them and you. Jesus reconciles all of our lives, Old to New to Now. Jesus didn’t just sweep away those sins. He let all of our iniquities, every self-determined and destructive choice to live as we want, enter His body. God is a rebel chaser, them, us, and you. And what did He do with all that bounty? He buried it in the depths of the sea forever. Who is a God like you? Thank you Lord Jesus for showing us who God is, then, now, and forever. Need anything buried? It only takes a moment… You will give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers from the days of old. Micah 7:20 New American Standard