"Our Direction" -2

"Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts." (Psalms 28:3) No honestly born again believer in Jesus Christ intentionally sets out to walk away from the direction that they are meant to be going; it's just that you will ultimately become whatever it is that you worship, and if you begin to worship those things of the world, then sooner or later, you are going to find yourself living a worldly life! As with the closing passage of Scripture yesterday, Jerusalem did not set out to be so wicked, even more wicked than their neighboring heathen nations, they grew into that over many generations of compromises and neglect of following after God. What we need to happen, and what God is more than willing to do, is for Him to turn us around when we are headed in the wrong direction; sometimes that might require for God to do something drastic in our lives in order to gain our attention. Our best remedy to a bad situation is to repent and to turn towards God, and making it the most important matter of our lives to do so; which means, all other things, including our professions, are but objects between us and our God. Our desire must be towards God, and when we find ourselves in the midst of living a life that is moving in the opposite direction, then we need to take drastic measures; meaning, that we need to call out to God for help!!! He is our Rock! He never changes! And although we might drift away, and we might become tangled up in the things of this world, our God is faithful to draw us out of any situation! The question we must ask ourselves, and that we seldom take the time to consider, is, Do we want to turn to God willingly, or do we want Him to turn us against our will? If you are honestly His child, you are going to be turned, one way or another..."Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and I will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one King shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: neither shall they defile themselves any more with idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be My people, and I will be their God." (Ezekiel 37:21-23)