Unless you've been living under a rock, you are probably familiar with the phrase, "you reap what you sow". In this case, talking spiritually, how you live will come back to bless or bite. Simple as that. Yet most give no heed to this statement. Or if they do, they push it to the back burner, giving it no though.
Kind of found myself stuck in Romans 2 this morning, when these verses seem to jump off the page for me.
V.5 - But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed.
When I read the words "Storing up wrath" I had this picture of a space where God's wrath and anger were being held in check (by him of course). But it was a limited space. In other words, He will only hold back for so long. Keep in mind that He is constantly reaching out to us to repent, to change, to turn from our own wickedness and repent. In other words, God isn't just getting angry, He is also moving His Holy Spirit around us, over us and in us to give up our sinful attitude and behavior.
V.6 - God will repay each person according to what they have done
V.7 - To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life.
V.8 - But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
"Oh but God would never do that!!! He is a God of love...of puppy dogs and ice cream, rainbows and unicorns." Such is the mindset of some. While others simply deny that God is real. Mercy on those who live in such a manner.
If anything is clear in this world today, and in this country today, it is the simple fact that people have cast off any moral restraint and have given themselves fully to living under the influence of "SELF". To them, there is no higher authority than "Self". There is no power greater than "Self" and anyone who tries to interject any belief or view other than "SELF" had better back off.
If ever we needed God, it is now.
If ever we needed a nation to be revived, it is now.
If ever we needed to repent, it is now.
God on you...
mbb
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