"You have wearied the Lord with your words.
Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone
who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in
them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
If God was tired of hearing this duplicity
2500 years ago, imagine His weariness with us today?
The Israelites were calling good
evil, and evil good. Declaring that the Lord delighted in their sin all the
while brazenly ignoring His law. Malachi says that God was exasperated by their
attitude.
Like them, we have set our own
standards…we are fine with someone saying God loves us - but resistant if we
are told God wants us to change.
We have become incapable of saying “I
am sorry”, as we have been raised to believe we are infallible. We call sin disease…we
blame God, our parents, or the government for what we do…and we have an excuse
for every action. Anyone who points out that our actions are evil, is labeled
intolerant.
This wearies God.
It is dangerous that we imagine God
as a heavenly Santa Clause and ignore the ominous God described in scripture. The last question in this verse will one day be
answered… “Where is the God of justice?”
The requirement of holiness has not
been eliminated. It has been paid…but those who do not admit their guilt and accept
His grace certainly will meet the God of Justice.
To accept forgiveness, we must first
agree that we need it…. We must stop wearying God with our twisting of His
commands and learn to not only admit sin - but turn away from it.
Do the Will of your Father. Your
actions reveal your heart…The fruit on a tree doesn’t make the tree good…it
just shows that it is.
Acknowledge your sin today. Call it what it is, drop the chains, and turn
to Jesus. Sin is tiresome for you – and for God as well.
Stop making excuses for evil and start
living according to His design. You are an eagle, stop walking down the path of
life…. Confess, repent, and then soar into freedom.
You can be different.
“If you are truly renewed by grace,
and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out
of his company.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon
― Charles H. Spurgeon
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