Do You Know in Your Heart?
That God wants to comfort our anxious hearts. That He longs to calm our worried souls. So much that He himself completed all the righteous works that were required for us to satisfy God. He took upon himself the entire punishment that was due us. He paid with his own body and blood for all our sins so that we could enjoy His love and His forgiveness. Already mind blowing - but then, he adds to us double blessing (or favor). He loves to give in "running over" proportion. Beyond all we can imagine or think. That's the givingness of our God.
"Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins."
Isaiah 40:1-2