What a waste

“That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.” (Eze 4:17 AV)

The older I get the more I am aware of the true wickedness of mankind.  Including myself.  What is really sad is the destructiveness of this wickedness.  It completely destroys everything it touches.  What God intended for the benefit of mankind never really comes to pass.  There are blessings from obedience.  And, these blessings are wonderful.  These blessings are from the grace of God.  Yet, if the grace of God is rejected, sorrow and death take its place.  It is enough to desperately pray for eternity!

It is a difficult thing to watch.  When someone makes the choice to make iniquity the pattern of life.  Ezekiel must have had mixed feelings.  He knew the nation was in complete and irreversible rebellion against God.  He saw the waste of a nation.  He saw the absolute desecration of their one-time greatness.  He saw nothing but the torturous dissolving of his own countrymen.  On the one hand, he had compassion and sorrow for them.  On the other, was the passion for truth.  The two are often at odds with one another.  It is almost enough to make one mad!  Especially when redemption is so near and reversal of a course of destruction is possible.

The older I get the more and more I desire heaven.  Not that my personal trials will be over because I truly believe the LORD has blessed me far more than I deserve.  Rather, I am sickened by the destructive nature of sin.  It truly is maddening.  The world has gone crazy over iniquity.  The world is about ready to go ablaze for the right for total and complete self-gratification.  Anyone or anything that stands in their way they will destroy.  Including one another.  There is no hope outside of Jesus Christ.  He is the only hope for mankind, yet they reject Him.  It will all consume away.  All of it.  What a waste!  If only the world would turn after Jesus!  If only……