"Disinclination" -2

"For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD." (Psalms 59:3) The last part of this verse is rather interesting, because it constitutes a reason for the need to be delivered is not based upon a fault, but that it is based upon association with God, or that of being chosen by God. Oddly enough, I can see this happening more and more, especially in those that have security in this life. Let's just say, if you are God's then you really do not own anything here, and nothing here owns you; therefore, there is nothing to loose or gain here, because anything that you have is only borrowed to begin with, so why try to gain or hold onto something that is not yours? Another way we can look at this, is that of persecution that comes from being God's chosen, and being delivered; something that should give us a sense of honor or at least thankfulness, yet reading the account of Israel's wilderness journey, you can see how far we can get off from feeling honor and thankfulness towards God's deliverance. But there is something about being delivered that we seem to always overlook, in that deliverance requires us to let go of those things that had us bound! Obviously we cannot be delivered unless there is a voluntary move on our part to surrender to God's will for our life. We may not be able to see how God is going to do something, but we can sure trust that He can make something happen, if it is His will; and if it is not His will to make something happen, then what He has prepared for us will be better than what we think that we need; on that we can be assured, because He has told us so in His Word. Then there are those that may have followed Jesus for the wrong reasons, thinking that it was all about having peace, joy and happiness; till they get in a trial, or suffer some persecution, then they say, I did not agree to this! But God does not lie, nor does He not warn us ahead of time what is going to happen; that is the beauty of His Word; He tells us everything that we need to know in order to move forward, and all that we need to do is to trust Him at His Word. So which is it? Do you not trust Him? or, Do you have hold of those things you have been delivered from? What is holding you back from the experience of being delivered? Basically, that is what the writer of Hebrews was asking, more like stating: You have been given something, now use it or lose it...
 "For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. And My righteous ones will live by faith. But I take no pleasure in anyone who turns away. But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we see did not come from anything that can be seen." (Hebrews 10:37-11:3) NLT