"The Appeal of God"

"Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually." (Psalms 74:23) You may have heard the term, "The squeaky wheel gets the oil," but let me tell you something about this mighty God that we serve, because His whispers are louder than the shouts of all humanity! We really need to get a handle on our concept of God's ability to break through all the noise, because He really does not need to shout out a single word; but on the day that He does, this world had better be prepared for what will follow! If you think about what Jesus accomplished for the entire world, He did so in humility and weakness; He became "as a sheep for the slaughter," which is about as weak as you can get; and yet He conquered and was victorious in that weakness. Just imagine what He will do when He returns to take vengeance upon His enemies. I have seen the pictures drawn of Him coming back, and the armies that are riding with Him do not have weapons of their own, they are only there to witness what He will do, with only His word. We might see devastation in our lives and think God's not really caring what we are going through, but we could not be further from the truth. It breaks His heart to see us suffer, to see us weep when our children or spouses get ripped away. That shortest verse in the Bible will give testimony to that: "Jesus wept," because He witnessed the sadness that sin has caused. I am thinking of a song right now, it's the one that has the lyrics, "Break my heart for what breaks yours." Because that is really what we need, more than anything else, we need our hearts to break because He was broken for our sins! We should no longer be enticed by sin, but sin should offend us and cause us disgust. Jesus came here from heaven knowing full well what sin does and what He needed to do in order to destroy the power of sin, once and for all. He chose not to sin, because He knew what sin does; He chose to be obedient, because He knew the victory that waited ahead was more important than a moment of self-indulgence; He chose to love the Father, because He knew how much the Father loved Him, and how much the Father loves us...
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11) NLT