Do you not realize that God's kindness
is meant to lead you to repentance?
Romans 2:4
As our years go on and on, what is our inevitable default position? Death and decay.
Some people assume that heaven is default position. Our right!
No.
Without Jesus' sacrifice and our Lord's promise, our inevitable default position is dust. With him we fall and decay. End of story.
And yet God is kind. He is loving. He paints the tapestry of a beautiful world before our eyes. Even though the claws of sin try to rip apart the fabric of our joy, God, if we'll let him, will bless our lives with hope and peace and purpose. As we link to him in faith, we discover freedom, light, and love. As we catch a glimpse of God's majesty, we fall before him in worship, awe, and repentance.
And suddenly he has us where he wants us. On our knees in worship, awe, and repentance.
Now, in his kindness, he can stand us back up and empower our days. In these moments of grace, he changes our default position. As we repent, we are filled with new life.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who's learning to change
the default position of his thermostat
(I'm setting it on confession)
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