Vengeance

"When I bring vengeance, they'll realize that I am God." Ezekiel 25:17

read this tonight and was entirely comforted.

this verse is referring to God punishing the Philistines for attempting to destroy His people.

God loves with a jealous, powerful love.

all of chapter 25 is God declaring judgment on nations that had wished His beloved harm.

strong stuff.

it is just amazing to me that the God of the night sky, of everything that i see,

is on my side.

He isn't pointing fingers and calling out my past sins against me,

He is loving and just, delivering perfect judgment when He sees fit.

and i love that this isn't blind faith.

the Bible is full of people questioning God.

they question Him honestly and earnestly.

not out of rebellion but out of true doubt.

God does not want us to blindly follow Him around,

doing what we are told just 'cause we are told to do it.

He wants a relationship with us and relationships take communication,

take question and answer,

take patience and trust,

love and loyalty,

openness and honesty.

and this is what i've learned in the past 2 weeks.

God wants us to talk to Him, even if it is to say that we don't feel Him.

God honors faithfulness and that has been the motto for the past 3 years of my life.

God honors faithfulness but some people take advantage of it.

but i know that in the end God's will is perfect,

and even though things might not work out the way i want them to,

God is in control.

it is hard to give up the thought that i could possibly change something,

that i could have an effect on anything,

that i am possible of accomplishing a feat of any size.

i cannot control more than my hands and thoughts,

and even there i struggle.

so who am i to hold certain things from the one who controls the world?

if it sounds cliche, its because it is.

but it is true.

.to be a light in the darkness.

-Lnk-