God Loves You This Much

My heart has been grieved lately for those who profess to be Christian but whose lives do not reflect the freedom, love, grace and kindness that Christ died to provide by their own choice. Those who choose to live by the standards of this world even after having seen what God has to offer.

Galatians 6:7 says

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

And James 3:8-12 says

"8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh."

If a person is truly saved, he/she will find course speech, drunkenness, sex outside of marriage, etc to be repulsive. If you can live in this world and enjoy all the things of this world without hesitation then you are not truly saved. If you have a check in your spirit (or a prick of your conscience) at doing the things this world finds acceptable, you are being given a chance to turn or return to the Lord.

Think of the example you are giving your children. Would you want to see THEM suffer eternal damnation because of YOUR pride?

This is a call for those who have experienced the worst this life has to offer, whether it be by your own hand or someone else’s, to lay all that down. To give up the powerful feeling retribution and revenge gives and to show them the grace YOU would want to receive. To allow Jesus to break your heart that He might rebuild it in the image of His own. Humble yourself so God does not have to humble you. Allow Him to show you His mercy.

God can see your heart and loves you right where you are. This does not, however, mean you can stay there and live eternally in Heaven. He is drawing you to Him. Heed the call. He can get you out of whatever bad situation you are in AND He wants to.

This is also a call for those who know people like this to earnestly pray for them. James 5:16 says "the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." Let us pray for those who are seeking but can't seem to grasp.

Riding the whirlwind of God’s grace,

L