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Who resists his will?

You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does he still find fault? For who resists his will?” Romans 9:19)

I was thinking this morning that there is irony in the question, “Who resists his will?”

Who resists his will? Everyone. That’s the whole reason we’re in the mess we’re in.

There is no one who wills or works to seek God on their own. The only reason any of us do is that God has shown mercy to us.

It’s not that God ever hardens a heart that was originally soft to him.

Our hearts were hardened already.

The amazing thing is that God has chosen to show any of us mercy at all. He could have simply wiped us all out.

But for some reason, he chose to show mercy to many of us who had once resisted him.

He showed mercy to Jacob though he had once resisted God.

He showed mercy to the Jews though they had resisted him multiple times.

And though we once resisted him, he showed mercy to us too.

That’s amazing to ponder.

That’s amazing grace.