“Why should any living
person complain when punished for his sins? נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our
ways, and let us return to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to
God in heaven” - Lamentations 3:39-42.
When staring in a
beautifully painted wall, we may get amazed to its outstanding beauty at the
first look. But staring to it for some time, we start looking for the defects,
a hole, paint patches, dirt, etc. The tendency of human mind is to always try
to find out of what makes a perfect imperfect.
It seems that there is
no difference in our relationship with our God, we tend to complain on His
alleged imperfections to us especially when we feel punished by our committed
sin. We assume that God is unfair as if it is Him who caused these pains to us.
We are acknowledging our sin against Him, thus we repent, but we do not want to
be punished. This is not a true repentance then, it is just admittance.
Though God accepted us
wholeheartedly, we still have to bear the consequences of all our actions while
still in earth - from past, present and future. Jesus forgives our sin when we
confess before him and He breaks the eternal death as a reward for true repentance,
however, it is not guarantee that you will have a good life based to what you
like or based to human standard. But if we continue to our walk WITH Him, we are guaranteed of
contented life through the guidance of His Spirit (Gal 5:22-23).
I encourage everyone
to always examine our ways and return to God where we have to ask for His
wisdom and guidance. We submit our hearts and long for God's help instead,
rather than complaining of our situation that is not according to what we
expect. Because changes in our sinful ways is impossible without God's lending
hands. He is waiting for you to lift your hands to Him and He is very willing
to reach you and renew your heart. For "... if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creation; what is old has passed away - look, what is new has come!” - 2
Corinthians 5:17.
God bless everyone!
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