O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!—Luke 13:34
Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. “For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, “and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”—Luke 19:41-44
There is nothing in us that compels God’s love but my Jesus weeps for my loved ones who resist His gentle drawing. His heart is broken by our rejection and His love toward us is one of compassion...even pity. My God’s desire for us is good. He is “good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon [Him]” (Psalm 86:5). “To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him” (Daniel 9:9). He is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth” (Exodus 34:6).
Oh Father...we are humbled by Your love! We cry out for our unsaved loved ones that You would give them eyes to see those things that make for peace. We pray they are willing! We plead that they would know and believe in the time of their visitation!
