Saturday, March 26, 2011

Isn't it sad?

Isn't it sad how you can forward a thousand jokes through e-mail that spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about passing them on? Isn't it sad that it is so easy to delete a Godly e-mail and yet forward all the others? Isn't it sad how when you do forward an email regarding the Lord, you do not send it to your entire address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them? Isn't it sad how you can be more worried about what other people think of you than about what God thinks of you?

This kind of thinking has caused a lot of the problems in our world today. So many people try to meet God in church on Sunday mornings; and maybe Sunday night and the occasional midweek service. Those same people want to keep God near during sickness and at funerals but don't have time or room for Him during work or play; because that's the part of their lives they think they can and should handle on their own.

Isn't it sad how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world is going to hell? Isn't it sad how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who by the way also 'believes' in God)? Isn't it sad that it is so hard to tell the truth and yet so easy to tell a lie? Isn't it sad that some people can be so sleepy in church and yet suddenly awake when the sermon is over? Isn't it sad that we find it so difficult to tell the people we love and the people we meet about what God has done in our lives?

May God forgive us for thinking that there is a time or place where He is not first in our lives. We should always have time to remember all He has done for us, and is doing for us at this very moment. Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father." Don't be ashamed! He is our source of existence and our Savior, and He keeps us functioning each and every day. Without Him we would be nothing, but with him we are strengthened. Of all the free gifts we have received, prayer is one of the best; use it! Prayer doesn't come with costs, only rewards, so if you Love God and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things He has done for you, tell God in prayer, and then tell someone else.

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