Have you ever thrown a party and no one came? Maybe a close friend or two showed up or some relatives, but everyone else stayed away. I wonder if God feels that way sometimes. He goes all out. The cost is no object. He pays it all willingly. Everything is free. Yet, you gotta ask, "where is everybody?"
Good question! What more could He do? Forgiveness of sins. Guilt free living. Tools for great relationships. Hope. Joy. Eternal life. Eternal rewards. Security. Protection. Insight. Assurance. Support. Encouragement. Power. Endless opportunity. Challenge. Significance. Value. Unconditional love. All free. Surprises me that people are standing in line around the block to get in on that action.
So what's the deal? What's wrong with us? Why aren't we clamoring for just a taste of what God has for us? Why aren't we like seagulls on the beach hovering, crowding, fighting over a french fry someone tossed into the air? Beats me. And those of us who have it and enjoy the blessings of God, why are we keeping it all to ourselves? There's plenty of God's blessings to go around. There's always room for one more.
Actually, I don't know what puzzles me more; the people who know about God but reject Him; the people that are so deaf to God they can't hear him; the people/churches that are more concerned about keeping things the way they like it; or the people/churches that are more concerned about making people feel comfortable with their internal programs. Hello, everyone.
As we continue down this road blatantly ignoring God, the world around continues to spiral downward. More chaos. More neglect. More abuse. More frustration. More emptiness. More hurt.
God is still speaking. He's not yelling trying to be heard above the fracas. He's just holding out His truth, His hope, His grace, His love, while others go whizzing by trying to knock it from His hand. I'm just glad that God, according to 2 Peter, is patient with us, longing for us to come to our senses and embrace Him.
God, it's pretty easy for us to ignore you. Yet at the same time it's pretty hard to deny your presence. We know you are there. Somehow we just know. No matter how hard we try to put you aside, we can't. Thanks for your patience with us, with me. As I grow to allow you to be the center of everything in my life, help me to be that prophet to others as described here in Ezek. 2.
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