People will never be satisfied with you the way you are, and neither is God
Welcome
to my suspiciously titled post. It seems that no matter what we do, what
stance we take politically, or what have you, the gremlins of social media will
never be happy with us because they will always have some questions for us. Why
don’t we support such and such cause, why don’t we denounce such and such
group? These people will always want us to be taking their side or give them
what they want to hear. They want to mold us into their selfish image for
multiple reasons, be it needing to be always right, needing an echo chamber,
not standing the idea of an opposing viewpoint, etc. Some of you may be
expecting me to say that God is the same way and is the reason he pursues us
and sends those awful door to door ministers to talk to you about Him, but you
would be misguided. It is true that God pursues us, but he does not do it out
of a selfish megalomania. God pursues us out of His infinite love and desire
for fellowship with His creation. God tells us that we should worship no one
but Him, that He is a jealous God. I don’t think that means that He is implying
some form of punishment on us, but that He is our Creator, and our purpose is
to worship him through our lives and that through that worship and fellowship
through him will we find the ultimate pleasure and satisfaction here and in eternity.
However,
we are a broken and fallen race. Ever since Eve, then Adam, partook of the
fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, disobeying God’s command and bringing
sin, darkness, and death into God’s good creation, we have seen that sin and evil
multiply, even as man has “advanced”. God’s desire is for us to be holy, as He
is holy, and as we are now we cannot achieve that, and are deserving of the
death sentence that is placed upon us for breaking the moral laws that the
highest lawgiver has written. In His holiness and justice, God would be
justified in condemning us where we stand. But take hope, because our God is a
God of love and a God of mercy, and in that mercy He has provided us the person
of Jesus, God the Son, that he would take on our punishment, and fulfill the
justice that is required of a just and all powerful God, but yet would show God’s
love and mercy on us. All that Jesus asks is that we accept this sacrifice, and
turn from our sin and seek over God’s righteousness. Jesus had this command to
many of the people that He ministered to recorded in the gospels of Matthew,
Mark, Luke, and John. God loves us and wants fellowship with us, but because of
who God is, He cannot be in the presence of sin, lest it be eradicated by His perfect
holiness. If we are in that sin, then we too would be eradicated in the
presence of God. Much like the prophet Isaiah said, “woe to me for I have seen
God and I am of unclean lips”. However, the angel brought a coal and touched it
to Isaiah’s lips, purifying him. In this same way, we are covered in the blood
of Christ, and should turn from our wickedness and follow the example Jesus
himself laid out before us. The instant we accept this salvation, we are cleansed,
but there is more to be done. We are called to not sit on this light, but to go
out and to make disciples of all nations, to the ends of the Earth. We also see
that our sinful flesh will try to bring us back to our sinful ways, because
they are comfortable. We must resist this and pick up our cross daily and die
to self and live in Jesus. As any Christian would tell you, this path is one
that you walk for the rest of your life, to allow God’s work in us to transform
us into new creations. At the end of this life, knowing we are covered in the
grace that was bought with the blood of Jesus, we will hear a phrase that
Christians long to hear from our Heavenly Creator “well done my good and
faithful servant, welcome home”.
Probably
a little more preachy that I have been in a while, but I feel that this message
resonates with what I feel in my current life situation. I have found myself
seeking after my own goals and the goals of others, and not finding
satisfaction. How easy it is to forget that I am already paid for, and that God’s
grace is sufficient for my needs. If you want to talk more about the grace of
God, either as a brother or sister in Christ or as someone who is seeking the
truth, then I am more than happy to do so through this platform or the Facebook
page. I pray for our country, our people, and our world, that those who would
seek God would find him and find the salvation offered through His Son, Jesus.
God bless and have a good rest of your day.
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