"Let Me Think?"

"Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about." (Psalms 32;10) For any one that might think that there are no absolutes, let's put that to rest right here; because when it comes to making the right choice on accepting forgiveness, you absolutely must make the right choice! The word "wicked" basically means guilty one, or criminal; one who is guilty of a crime, or he who is guilty of sin. It's really not about how much you have sinned, nor the type of sins you have committed; but have you asked forgiveness for your sin, or are you hostile to God's great offer of mercy. Really now, what are your choices? Let's see; do I keep going on feeling sorry for myself, and being condemned to a life of misery and misguided failures; or do I accept God's offer of complete healing, and actually live in the goodness, lovingkindness, and love of God? Gosh, I don't know; it seems that He hasn't made the choice clear enough for me to make up my mind; at least not today; maybe tomorrow, or the first new moon after the next solar eclipse; yes, that's it: I will take up God's offer completely, right after the next catastrophic event. But really, what makes a man put off changing his life completely? Could it actually be trust? That is a very interesting way to look at a very big problem; a problem that is basically our very own, and has nothing to do with the sins of our fathers, where we were raised, or any other social malfunction that could affect our ability to make the right choice; because it really comes down to trusting God, which means that we put our complete confidence in Him, and we take that step into that which we do not know, based upon that which we have been instructed in; complete surrender means to throw it all away, and to set your hope in Him... "Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is His name: If these ordinances depart from before Me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever. Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go fourth over against it upon the hill of Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever." (Jeremiah 31:35-40)