"God desires to be loved by men,
although He needs them not; and men refuse to love God, though they need Him in
an infinite degree.” Plaintes
Du Sauveur
Deuteronomy 11:13-14 And it
shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I
command you this day, to love the Lord your
God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your
soul,
14 That I will give you the
rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that
thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine
oil.
Romans 1:28 And even as
they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
The real tragedy of what is
happening around the world and is coming onto our shores is that this quote is
so appropriate for today, even though, from what I understand, it was written
the 18th Century.
We could find many other quotes
from great men of God that reaffirm man’s failure to recognize of the Lord Our
God – it has been an ongoing problem from the first sin of Adam in the Garden of
Eden.
The Word of God has been proven
over and over again as it teaches us about the Grace of God and His desire for
our love, and the results of man’s continual turning away from Him.
Ministers, Preachers, Prophets,
ordinary lay people like most of us see the ‘writing on the wall’ of what is
happening in this world as a direct result of the pulling farther and farther
away from God and His Will.
Some are quick to point to
recent events and say that guns are responsible – without recognizing that the
actions come from men and women who have turned their hearts away for God and
His teachings.
Some point to the violence on
television and movies, the video games that are so popular that praise revenge
and acts of violence on others as being the answer to all of our difficulties
with others.
We can point to all kinds of
things that help proliferate violence, but the bottom line is where the heart of
the person who is committing the crimes and violent acts on innocent people is –
and it is far from God.
We have refused to accept God’s
Word as the guideline for our lives and instead let others twist His Word, or
deny His Word and insert their own philosophy as the answer to the world’s
problems.
The mass media today in all of
its forms glamorize and popularize violence – even when they decry it – and
wonder why so many turn to destroying life instead of holding it sacred.
But they refuse to recognize God
in all their hand wringing. They refuse
to embrace His Love, His commands and teachings and instead make excuses using
their own moral codes which are society induced and change at a moment’s
notice.
God has been trying to get our
attention, and we still deny Him.
We need to listen, read, pray
and actively tell others of His true love and compassion and the only way we
overcome evil is to acknowledge it exists, it comes from satan and plays on the
minds and pride of man. THEN, to turn
our hearts to Him and have a revival – FIRST in our hearts and then in the
hearts of our nation.
We can do it; we still exist and
therefore God will still welcome us back.
Later, Art :-)
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