Are You Stubborn?

Prayer – Lord, You are worthy of all glory and honor—not us. Help us to make good choices that bring You honor and glory. 

Don't you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will judge everyone according to what they have done. He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. Romans 2:4-8

 

Meditate. Consider your actions and God’s judgment.

 

Path to the Holy Family Shrine
Gretna, Nebraska

Is your path wide or narrow?

For Christians the reward of perseverance…to keep on doing good…in unselfishly seeking and serving God for His glory and honor is eternal life! Selfishness has its own greedy reward and this passage tells us that the reward is wrath and indignation. Whoa! No one in their right mind seeks to get God’s wrath. Are they so blindsided by their own selfish goals that they just don’t see the road that it is leading them down? Look around you—where are you headed? Make sure that you are choosing the narrow way that is described in this passage from Matthew 7:13-14: Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. If life is too easy and you are always getting your own way…then look again, you may be headed down the wide path. 

 

Verse of Salvation ~ (Written by God addressing the Israelites in Jerusalem.) But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God." Psalm 50:23

 

Revised from February 25, 2013 “Banquet With The King” blog post.

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