God of the Second Chance
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 11th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 19:7:
”Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.”
Now what happened here, the Lord in His mercy said, when the Israelites went into a new country, three cities were to be separated so that people who had made an honest mistake can go and hide from those who want to avenge the mistake that he has made.
Then we go to the Book of Romans 6:23:
”For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
You know folks, I want to say to you that our Lord is such a gracious God. If you read on in that scripture just before Deuteronomy 19:7, you will see that the Lord explains that if a man, for example, is cutting down a tree with his friend and the head of the axe comes off the shaft and hits his friend on the head and kills him, it’s an accident. They make these three cities available for people to go and hide so that they are not avenged, and the Lord Himself has made a way through Jesus Christ for you and me to have our sins forgiven. That’s why He says, ”The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Jesus died on the cross of Calvary so that you and I can live. Yes, the God of the second chance - we made a mistake, He has forgiven us and He’s given us an opportunity to continue to live!
You know I looked up that beautiful scripture, Luke 7:47:
”He who has been forgiven much, loves Me the most but to whom little is for forgiven, loves Me little.”
And I want to tell you something now, we can make mistakes, I’ve made many myself, but if we come to the Lord with a repentant heart and ask forgiveness, He will make a way for us where there seems to be no way.
I don’t know how many testimonies I’ve heard from men who have been restored by the Lord Jesus Christ after making a mistake. What about Zacchaeus, the tax collector? He was an evil man, stealing money from his own people, but Jesus came to his house, had lunch with him and said, ”Your sins are forgiven.” Zacchaeus was so overwhelmed, and the Lord said, ”Salvation has come to this house today.” Not only for Zacchaeus but all his friends, the other tax collectors as well.
Today, know one thing, that if you are genuinely repentant, God will give you another opportunity.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.