"There is a way that seems right
to a man, but in the end it leads to death."
Proverbs
14:12
My pastor often says "kill you so you won't kill
you." Think about it. Are you willing to die to self? To your
ungodly ways? To your unholy thoughts?
To the desires of your heart? To
worldly wisdom? Do you really want to pay
the price and suffer the consequences of following your ways instead of God's
ways?
What is she talking about, you may be thinking. I recently asked a group of women who
participate in an early morning bible study "what are some of our ways that are
contrary to God's ways"? Their
responses follow -- same sex marriage, not seeking God in all things, more than
one wife -- bigotry, people pleasers,
handling anger, not turning the other cheek, living together but not married,
parents killing their own children, not tithing, tithing on the net and not the
gross, fornication, what we eat, children not respecting parents, parents not
respecting children, spouses not respecting spouses, not putting God first ...
making spontaneous moves, parents not speaking the things of God over their
children, speaking negatively not positively, parents not living their lives before
Christ, poverty, starving babies, adultery, idolatry, having other gods, being
unequally yoked, double mindedness,
abortion. Add your ways to the
list.
Remember God's message to us that His ways and thoughts are
not our ways and thoughts, that His ways and thoughts are higher than are ours
(see Isaiah 55:8-9). Though our ways
seem right, they will only lead to death.
Stop killing yourself! Change
from your ways to God's ways!
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