“…Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them…”
John 3.36
I was meditating upon this message and I read 2 different versions in Portuguese and one in English because the word REJECTS and WRATH called a lot my attention.
In one of the Portuguese versions I found the word REJECT and on the other REBEL and I went to look for the meaning of each one of them.
REJECTS – person that refuses to accept;
REBEL – person that does not submit to rules; an insubordinate person; a disobedient person; refuses to obey;
I was asking God to show me how can I reject / rebel towards Him, if I am an Assistant and I put my uniform, I evangelize?
And God showed me how and when I can reject Him and I would like to share with you:
When He uses His servants, several times, to call my attention but inside of me there is no will to obey;
When I think that I am always right and all others wrong, that I have more knowledge;
When I decide to do things my own way;
When I speak what comes to my mind without measure the consequences or if I am pleasing God with those words;
When I look the work of God as a burden, when I have bad eyes toward His work, His servants or members;
When I do not show to others through my behavior that I am of God, by the opposite, I end up being worse than those who do not know God;
When I do not follow His footsteps, I am rejecting Him, when I do not invest of being instead of doing I am rejecting Him.
In addition, the price to pay is very high.
WRATH – deep resentful of indignation; punishment as consequence of anger;
God is love but for those who serve Him, the price to pay for not obeying is too high.
When do I know that the wrath of God will / can come upon my life?
When I pray and my requests / prayers are not answered;
When I do not see what God entrusted in my hands giving fruits;
When my life is stuck and do not move forward;
When all around seems to fall apart;
If I believe, I obey all heartily without excuses, without turning back or looking to other directions.
The eternal life starts here on earth, inside of me, is something I need to conquer every day, due to what I am before God.
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