Saturday, February 28, 2015

Nowhere to run to -never too far from God's grace - BY: KB © 2.28.14

 




Are you attempting to run from God?  Do you think you're effectively hiding something from God? I find humor in the fact that many people believe they can run and hide, but you can't run from an omnipresent God. What makes people run from God; what drives people to attempt the impossible? John 3:20 gives us the answer in simplest of terms... "Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed." Sin (self-will) is the culprit. The reason why most people run from God is because of their passion for hedonism, selfish pursuits and self-will.  Another reason why people run from God is because they harbor bitterness towards God because of a tragic event in their life, such as the death of a loved one, bad experiences, et cetera; when in actuality it is life and our "sin nature" to blame.

It's tragic that so many people are running from  or turning their backs on a loving God  and a caring father that only wants the best for us (1st Peter 5:7     Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.). The problem with most people is that they judge God based on their  present circumstances, failing to realize that we were placed upon this earth to be tested by life and all its circumstances. God could have just created a bunch of clones to worship Him, but He chose to create mankind, and give him a free will. If we get saved, it is ONLY because we choose to get saved, of our own free will. This act of faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6). 

I wish that every believer would take 1st Peter 1:7  into consideration and recite it until it sinks in... " These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." It's a hard Scripture to embrace. God tells me that all my problems in life, burdens, struggles, heartaches and bodily pains, are more valuable than the purest 24 k gold?  That is exactly what the Word of God teaches!

This Biblical teaching is in direct contradiction to everything that we embrace in this greedy and covetous world! So many people are running from God because of the very trials and difficulties which God states are worth more than gold. Please notice the Bible says that the gold shall "perish," but ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1st Corinthians 15:58     Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.). There is no reason to run from God.

One of the Bible’s greatest truths is that God is always willing to forgive us, no matter how far we've strayed or how much we've rebelled against Him. All we need to do is sincerely repent of our sins and turn in faith to Christ for the forgiveness we need. The Bible says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
I am pressed to think of a story Jesus once told about a man and his two sons (usually called ‘the parable of the prodigal son’ — Luke 15:11-32). One son rebelled against his father and left home, ignoring everything he’d been taught and living instead a wild and immoral life. In time his money gave out, however, and so did his so-called friends. He was reduced to eating the same food the pigs were given.

Finally. he came to his senses and decided to return home. He knew his father might disown him, or at most would treat him as a slave. But instead his father welcomed him and forgave him and restored him as his son. He declared, “This son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found” (Luke 15:24).

God loves you; He loves you far more than that father loved his son. Don’t reject Him any longer, but by faith confess your sins and receive His forgiveness — and begin a new life with Christ today.



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