Romans 1:21-28 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
There are so many times that I refuse to follow God's directions and then suffer the consequences. Like the people described here they knew the truth and yet rejected it, I think about how many times I do the same. I think all of life choices come down to choosing between the truth and a lie. Each with its own consequences. I thing that we must understand is that while God is loving, compassionate and kind, He also is just, righteous. If we choose to reject Him (reject the truth) then as the passage says, "God gave them over" or God stood out of the way and allows us to experience the consequences of our rejection and disobedience. God does love each one of us and passionately pursues us desiring to have a love relationship, but when we reject Him and His truth, we have in effect said, "I will take the Consequences Please." As I face today I pray that I will choose to obey, choose to accept the truth and live trusting God and following after Him.
Today as I am faced with choices that will effect my life, Father give me the wisdom to see the truth from lie and give me the desire to choose the truth so that I might fall more in love with you.
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