@ Etude - Regret

UV 3271/10000 @ Etude- Regret

The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was deeply grieved in His heart.
Genesis 6 v 6

The Lord regretted the creation of mankind for He had endowed them with the power of choice. As Cain was told, “ .. sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you ( to overpower you), but you can master it. “ But the wickedness and depravity of mankind increased from generation to generation. The imagination and intent of the hearts of mankind were only evil continually. God saw how debased and degenerate mankind had become. This filled His heart with sorrow.

We, too, in the course of our lives regret some of the things we did or chose. Regret causes us to change the course or direction of our lives. When we make our lives the temple of God, we will not fall to temptations. If we choose to make our lives pleasing and acceptable to the Lord, we contribute to our own well being. We will have little to regret when we look back at our lives. We should not conform to the templates of this world or the patterns of behaviour and communication of this world but allow the Holy Spirit to transform our lives to the templates or patterns of behaviour and communication of the Word.

Regret and sorrow in the Lord’ s heart had deadly consequences for the world for He decided to destroy the existing civilization with a flood. But He made exceptions by choosing to redeem Noah and his family who lived a just life. From the family of Noah came Humanity version 2.0. This version too also erred and continues to err against God. But this time round, the Lord instead of sending flood or fire to destroy, sent His Son Jesus to redeem mankind. We, too have the choice to live lives that please our Lord and God. Jesus described Himself as the Way- the Way to be at peace with God and to please Him all our lives. None of us should be a cause of regret for our Lord and Redeemer but we should endeavour to be a source of delight and pride to Him.