His Relentless Grace

# 400 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Sa 30:17-19, “Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all. (1 Sam 30:17-19) David recouped everything. Nothing was lost. What a beautiful picture of Jesus' proclamation concerning His followers on His last night on earth. As He was being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane He said, “in Jn 18:8,9, “if you seek Me, let these go their way," 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none." This is a blessed comforting recurring theme in Scripture. Jesus does not lose the souls that the Father places in His hand through the gift of faith. Joh 10:28 says, "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” Understand this about the Lord's hand. It is open and not a clenched fist. In other words, we have the free will to leave the protection of His hand. (The prodigal son for example) It's true, Jesus Himself loses no one, but sadly many choose to leave on their own. But even when one leaves the protection of the fold, the Bible tells us that He leaves the 99 and seeks out this one errant sheep in an effort to return it to the safety of His hand.Jesus is relentless in His pursuit of souls, because it is the Father's will that none should perish. 2Pe 3:9 says, “ The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” Therefore I encourage you who have prodigals in your life. Take hope from the heart of the Father. He is on it! He is ever seeking, ever calling the prodigal to repentance, and if you are a prodigal, if you have left the hand of Jesus and abandoned the faith. Know this, He doesn't care where you've been or what you've done, He is eagerly watching and yearning for your return. Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, thank You for Your relentless grace.