"Torn Apart"

"Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver." (Psalms 50:22) I really thought that I was going to do verse 21 again, but God said, "It is enough". When He is taking about "this", this is a pretty big concept, because it involves everything that He has set in motion and that we are a part in; which takes into consideration far more than we ever even begin to comprehend. When it comes to being torn apart, that may or may not be such a bad thing, it really depends on whether or not we believe in God; and not just any God will do, it must be Thee God, the One And Only; the Maker of heaven and earth, the God that formed you and that holds you in His hand. If I truly believe in God, and I truly do believe that He loves me, then it's okay to be torn apart, because He will put me back together again; and when He does, those parts of me that needed to be removed, He will leave out. And yet, there is something else to be considered in all of this, and that is our sin; without God's mercy and His perfect plan of redemption for our lives, we are going to be judged for those sins; which will be far more than any one of us will be able to bear; just read some of the descriptions that Jesus gave of hell, and you will see that it is not going to be a pretty place. As far as His judgment goes, not then, but now is when we want to be judged; right now is when we have the opportunity to "consider" what He offers and "consider" where we will be if we do not accept His offer. Matthew Henry puts it like this: "Consideration is the first step towards conversion." We must consider all that God is, all that we are, and all that He offers us; then we must consider what we must do! God Is the Judge, and ultimately He will have the last word; what position do you want to be in when His last word is issued, being torn, or being delivered? That might not make sense to some, but God will only take so much rebellion and forgetfulness before He puts forth wrath; He is extremely patient with us, but He does have a limit. And yet, look at Jesus and all that He suffered for us; does that not speak to the seriousness of sin in the eyes of God? So we should not take sin lightly, because it carries a very heavy punishment; but His love is greater than all the sin that ever was: Let His love tear you apart...
"For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit this is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, not out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever." (Isaiah 59:17-21)