His hand of restrain

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God for His hand upon us, His Spirit guiding us and convicting us. Indeed we thank God for the restrictions that He keeps on us. We see in Romans 1, situations where people resisted God and His ways and He gave them up to do what they so desired. May this never be the case with us in Jesus name, amen.

In verse 24, the Bible records “So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies.” Why did God do this, the Bible says “Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship Him as God or even give Him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshipping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshipped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles” (Romans 1v21-23, New Living Translation).

The Bible here is saying that God let the people do whatever their hearts desired. He allowed them to do whatsoever they were lusting to do in their hearts. How awful? However, what had they done? They knew who God was, but refused to worship Him as God or glorify or acknowledge Him. Next, they began to have vain speculations, almost like deciding how you want to love God. Here, people began to become fools, though they thought they were wise. Before long, the created things began to be served more than the Creator. Beloved, let us beware when we begin to have our own interpretations of who God is and what He would like us to be. Let us always acknowledge God for who He is and be thankful to Him, and come to Him on His own terms as revealed through His Word and by His Spirit.

Prayer

Our Father and our God, we thank You so much for today. We thank You for You are God and You are good. Father, please search our hearts and uproot any delusions that we might have. Lord, please never give us up to do what we desire. We pray that we will always be led and guided by Your Spirit. Holy Spirit, we pray that we will be completely possessed by You, we know that by walking with You, we shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Thank You so much o God in Jesus name we pray, amen.