Many do not understand that the judgment of God are a good thing, a very good thing. They see the destruction that happens and do not know how to perceive the goodness that is in the heart of God in bringing judgements. But God is always good even when he is angry at sin and his temporary, partial destructions are always brought with the aim for greater good in the big picture in the long term. God is a loving father who wants to teach his people how to live righteously so that life and blessing abound and death and cursing die. So he send judgments to teach us righteousness:
Unless we are so badly out of line with God that he needs to kill us to stop us from doing any more damage, or unless we harden our hearts and rebel against his correction, we can expect that his judgments will only serve to bring us back into the proper alignment with him that should be our heart's desire anyway. Plus, if we love the Lord we are in agreement with him that his purposes and plans prevail in the earth anyway and we want the judgments because we want the correction unto holy living. So thus we can take a joyful attitude that his judgments are coming into the earth: Psalm 96:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV) Psalm 98:4-9 New King James Version (NKJV) This is not to say that we should be flippant about the judgments or heartless to those who will be hardest hit by them or to not fear God and do all we can to come under his authority to avoid being touched by the judgments. However it is to say that we can rejoice to know that our God's purposes will prevail despite the waywardness of fallen man. The more we are ready to face the judgments because we are in line with God's will, the more we can rejoice. So if you are in the center of God's will for you then rejoice that the judgments are coming to America!! If you are not then repent and strive to get here which there is still time. If you do not know Jesus personally then pray this Prayer To Receive Eternal Salvation today. And if you know him but are not serving him with a whole heart then pray this Prayer Of Consecration today. -Steve Pursell, 6/8/15 |