"And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off." (Psalms 94:23)
After all of this, we are faced with one simple question God will ask: "Do you believe that I loved you?" Not all that complicated of a question; or so it might seem. But there are plenty of people who doubt it can be so; those who gather together the evidence of wickedness, and then somehow blame all the bad stuff on God; as if God could somehow be responsible for all the death and sickness that happens all over the world. I seriously doubt we really can even begin to understand how wrong that kind of thinking can possibly be! To try and put the blame upon God, is no different than what Adam did, when he tied to blame God for making Eve, the woman who gave him the fruit to eat. Seriously! God does something good, and we throw it back in His face, saying, "How could you do this to me?" When in reality, it was really our own doing, not God's that caused the bad things to happen. I think we fail to see the reasons God says "Don't," as if the purpose behind His suggestion is to keep us at bay, or take some of our fun away. No, it will turn out that it was all because He loved us, much more than we could even begin to understand. When we think that thought, no matter how small of a thought it might be, we seriously need to push any such thing out of our heart and mind; it must not even be part of our conversation! We cannot even consider such a thing possible! The world might not understand, but that gives us no license to even consider the possibility that God does not love us; not after we have been shown how much He does! If you don't think it's that big of deal, please think again; because it makes all the difference in the world, every last bit of difference in what you truly believe. Do you believe that God loves you? If your life was cut off today, would you still believe that He loves you? If you lost everything you have, would you still believe that God loves you? This is not a test, it's a question of what you believe and why you believe it. There is really only one thing that the Lord has promised us, eternal life; and eternal life is something that this world does not offer...
""They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them. Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes. For simpletons turn away from me -to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by the fear of harm."" (Proverbs 1:30-33) NLT
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