Thought For Today - November 23
Disobedient Children!
Parents, how does it feel to go
through the pain and anxiety of child bearing to bring children into
the world, to nurture them through babyhood And adolescence, only to
have them rebel against you and be disobedient and disrespectful ?
Think of how it must grieve God
when he has gone through the great pain and expense of saving us and
redeeming us, and causing us to be born into his family, only to see
us disrespect him and rebel against his laws and commandments.
It hurts tremendously when the one
you love with all your heart slaps you in the face, as it were, and
turns against you. God loves his children with a love that far
surpasses all human understanding; how he must be hurt when we
ignore him!
“Hear, O heavens, and give ear,
O earth: for the Lord hath spoken. I have nourished and brought up
children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his
owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my
people do not consider.” Isaiah 1: 2,3. These words spoken
primarily to Israel are applicable to us today as well, for we are
all guilty of rebelling and disobeying God our Father. Even dumb
animals do not treat their masters the way that we sometimes treat
God. We attempt to honor God with lip service, so to speak, and
with offerings of good works, but much of the time our hearts are far
from him, and he does not receive from us the love, honor and
respect that he deserves.
“To what purpose is the
multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the Lord: I am full of
the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight
not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye
come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to
tread my courts?” Isaiah 1: 11, 12.
God is not interested in our good
works and good deeds, not even in our going to church until our heart
is in love and in tune with him.
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