"Honesty Before God"

"A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about." (Psalms 97:3)
There is really one place you do not want to be, and that is on the wrong side with God. It comes down to a few basic principles of understanding, maybe three very simple ones; number one is that God loves you, which He will expect you to respond to. The second one, although it is hard for some to come to terms with, it is simple enough to understand, and that is the fact that we need to be made right. To be perfectly honest, I think we misjudge the degree of right more often than we should. If we could see the degree of righteousness that God requires, and compare that to the degree of righteousness where we are at, we would probably change our way of thinking when it comes to taking any credit whatsoever for anything right that we have done. When the Bible says, "all our righteousness are as filthy rages," we can rest assured that we lack what it takes to measure up to the righteousness of God. Even on our best day, nothing can compare to God's righteousness! The third basic principle, although it is probably the hardest to understand, it is the simplest one for us to accept; provided we listen to no one else but God, not even our own hearts! It is really not that hard, but faith requires that we throw out every thing we have been told by this world, and we wholeheartedly accept what God says, no matter what. It comes down to accepting that God has you in His hand and He is not letting go! That is it! Pretty easy to come to terms with, Right? You would think so; but how we fall short sometimes in making it real in our daily lives. Everyone does, it's not hard to see it in the lives of just about every single hero in the Bible, with maybe the exception of Joseph; but even he was not perfect. We believe that God loves us, that we are totally dependent upon Him to get us through this, and that He will get us through because He loves us so much! That is the kind of power that God has to get it done! If ever there was a place where rest is found, it's in trusting that God will deliver you, because He is not letting go of you, no matter what! Perfect honesty before God, is saying, Thank You God, because if it wasn't for that, I would never make it...
"Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence. The LORD is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust him. But he will sweep away his enemies in an overwhelming flood. He will pursue his foes into the darkness of night. Why are you scheming against the LORD? He will destroy you with one blow; he won't need to strike twice!" (Nahum 1:6-9) NLT