Are We Provoking the Lord?

Scripture 1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

Observation: I look at the time we live in now and have to believe we are living in the time that we provoke the Lord more than any other time. We can see all that God has done, we have His word to follow and especially in America we are blessed beyond anywhere else, but we continue to become more and more ungodly every day. Besides setting up idols, blaspheming God, having more and more religions replacing our Lord, we are becoming a place where it’s not appropriate to mention Jesus, God or Christianity. We have made homosexuality a way of life instead of a perversion and if we say anything against it we are considered haters instead of lovers of or brothers and sisters.

Application: No matter what the pressure this world may put on me I need to preach the word of God as He desires. I need to live a life for my Lord and stand up against any opposition and I need to tell others about the love He has for them. I may not make much of a difference, but my responsibility is to honor God above all, to love Him with all of my heart, mind and soul. A time is coming when this world will pass away and a new earth will come and in both I’m here to serve my Lord.

Prayer: My Lord I write what I should do and live another way. I’m a sinner and need your guidance and the Holy Spirit to stand strong against the opposition of this world. Show me how to make a difference for you. I thank you for the gentleman you put in my path at Costco to tell me you used me to help him with depression, continue please to use this testimony and the gifts you have given me to glorify you.