May the mumbling commence!
It is foolish not to believe in God. It is equally foolish to believe in God and
not follow after the Lord with all your being.
Everyone falls short of seeking God.
Read from Psalm Fifty-three:
Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, and their actions are
evil; no one does good!
God
looks down from heaven on the entire human race;
he looks to see if there is even one with real
understanding, one who seeks for God.
But no, all have turned away from God; all have become corrupt.
No one does good, not even one! (Verses 1-3)
We may wish to condemn atheists, but we should be
careful. Even though we may claim to
know God exists and claim to follow the Lord, we need to look carefully at our
own actions and thoughts and attitudes.
Do we live as if there were no God?
Do we benefit from a corrupt system that widens the gap between the rich
and the poor?
Corruption eats away at all our hearts. It is a systemic disease that is embedded in
our society. No one is immune to its
corrupting touch. We need God – you and
me. May we live the life that Christ
calls us to regardless of the consequences in the moment. May we be like the people of Thessalonica. Read from Second Thessalonians chapter one:
Dear brothers and sisters, we always thank God for you,
as is right, for we are thankful that your faith is flourishing and you are all
growing in love for each other. We
proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance
and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are
suffering. But God will use this persecution to show his justice. For he will make
you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering, and in his justice he will punish those who
persecute you. And God will provide rest for you who are being
persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will
come with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who
don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord
Jesus. They will be punished with
everlasting destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious
power when he comes to receive glory and praise from his holy people. And you will be among those praising him on
that day, for you believed what we testified about him.
And so we keep on praying for you, that our
God will make you worthy of the life to
which he called you. And we pray that God, by his power, will fulfill all your
good intentions and faithful deeds. Then
everyone will give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus because of you, and you
will be honored along with him.
This is all made possible because of the undeserved favor of our God and Lord,
Jesus Christ. (Verses 3-12)
To combat the corrupt nature that we have, we need to
have endurance and faithfulness through any trial or test. God’s justice will be seen to
completion. We will have rest – if we
claim it. Rest in the Lord.
Praise the Lord!
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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