Don’t say why, say when...
2 Timothy 3:1-5, “There will be terrible times in the last.” But as we can see from scripture it all started in the very beginning. When it will end, only God knows. Until then enjoy life, and find the joy in living in Him, and for Him. You won’t be disappointed!
God leads us through a world that’s not our home. If you are not being lead by Him, than you are being lead by the, "father of lies." (John 8:44). I didn’t say it, Jesus did, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your fathers desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding the truth, for there is no truth in him.” That scripture alone tells me why all this evil keeps going on. Some are serving the wrong father.
It’s been a choice from God’s first creation, Adam and Eve. We all know the story where Eve was lead by the father of lies in Genesis 3. She had a choice, and she chose wrong, and that’s where sin began. God still blessed them and gave them children. We see even here where their son Cain was spoken to right from God, "If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door..." (Gen. 4:6-8). Still he made the wrong choice and wound up killing his brother, Abel.
We are all God’s creation, but we all have to make a personal choice to recognize him through Jesus Christ, then we'll become, "children of God..." (John 1:10-13). Cain and Abel were both like us, born from sin, into what became a sinful world. Both given a choice of obedience, and serving God, and what kind of heart they had while doing it. If God “found favor in Able and his offering,” than his heart must have been right in serving God. Proverbs 21:27 says, “The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable.” That had to be what Cain’s offering was to God. Did he have a joyful heart? Was it a self centered offering? Was he worried about how much he was giving up?
From the beginning of time, our loving God has given us free will, free to choose right from wrong. It breaks my heart that God seems to be the victim of His own creation. But for how long? Only He knows. So when people ask why all the bad still goes on, why won’t God stop it? I tell them if sin started with Adam and Eve, then sin is going to continue until every ear has heard about Jesus. You can be sure that one day “every knee [will] bow, in heaven and on earth and under earth.” (Phil. 2:10). The treasure is for those who choose Him now! We all have a choice to regard Jesus as Lord now, or be forced to acknowledge Him as Lord when He returns.
I pray that all the trials you go through, and all the ugly you see, leads you to Jesus, closer to the beauty in this life. We are in a world that’s not our home.
Like the lyrics of this song says,
“I’m reminded again and again, I live in this world as a stranger.
As good as it’s been, or as bad as it gets, it all will end.
I want to stand where hope and faith and love, all meet in One Face.
I wanna be where I can see what I now believe! Ultimate healing,
where hurt can’t reach me. I won’t need to find every answer.
All I need will be found in Your presence."
Life is good with Jesus in your presence... right here…
Kim
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