from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church https://ift.tt/2SEMSAg
via IFTTT The sin of "just too late". These people had seen Jesus work miracle after miracle. They had faith bolsters by eye witness events. They knew what He could do for healing. But they didn't yet know Jesus. Their faith had a limit. They only believed what they had seen. They had God in just as much of a box as someone who didn't believe the healings at all. They saw limits. And they valued what they saw over what could be. And that... Is lack of faith! They could not accept the miracle working power of Jesus as unlimited. Their own understanding was still focused on this world. They did not yet see Him as the author and creator of the universe. They limited God Himself through their unbelief. You see, that's why Jesus waited to come. That's why when lazurus was sick, Jesus purposefully waited until he died. These people needed to move beyond simple miracles of healing and see the true nature of Jesus. Their eyes were closed. How often do we repeat this sin today? Limiting God with a box of any sort is a sin. Unbelief. Lack of faith. Sin. "If only" becomes our prayer. We walk in defeat because our God is limited by our own ideas and limits. We put our thinking above the power of God! What an insult! For man to tell God "it is too late"? No! Don't do it! It is never too late for God. No situation is beyond His ability. How dare we decide what God can and can not do? Who put us in charge? We either trust or we don't. God is either in control of life and death or not. There is no in-between! There are no limits! The key is this. We are called to do what is right. To discern the optimum. To stand for righteousness in every action in every walk of life. To never compromise. To never give in. To never accept a lesser evil. To never negotiate with satan. We are to be the light of what is pure and holy in everything... EVERYTHING. No aspect of life is immune. Health, finances, relationship, politics, everything falls under "stand for righteousness against all odds". Then trust. Let God be in charge of the harvest. Let Him work whatever miracle, without limit, that He sees fit. Whether we live or die, we live or die in righteousness and peace. The harvest is His, the work is our part. These people limited God. They failed to see what could be, because they focused on what could have been. They failed to see what God wanted, because they were full of compromise and limit. They feared and mourned because they trusted in their own understanding and put themselves in the place of God. Be brave! Be at peace! Do what is right and expect God to handle whatever. The harvest is His. The work is ours.
