In Isaiah 6, Isaiah is given a vision of the Lord.
"... I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!" And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke."
-Isaiah 6:1b-4
Whoa! This is an intense scene. Isaiah notes three things about God in this vision.
He is sitting upon His throne.
God is still reigning. Even when His people are in terrible sin, and have turned their backs on Him, God still reigns. Nobody can remove Him from this throne. Find encouragement in that today. No matter how bad it looks, God will reign.
He is high and lifted up.
God is, and will be exalted. This gives us hope as well. As we look around at a world that has turned it's back on God entirely, we can find comfort in the fact that God is exalted in Heaven, and He will be exalted on earth.
"And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father."
-Philippians 2:8-11
God will be exalted. Every knee will bow.
Lastly, Isaiah notes that the train of God's robe fills the temple.
What glory this speaks of! He is the most elevated royalty that there is. The King of kings, and the Lord of lords.
Isaiah also sees some creatures that our Bibles translate "Seraphim". This is literally, "burning ones". The number of them isn't recorded. But they are majestic creatures, here proclaiming the holiness of God.
This whole scene blows my mind. What a picture of God being worshiped. We can sit here and read about it, and just whoa. Whoa! This is incredible.
But Isaiah doesn't say "whoa". Isaiah says "woe"
"And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
-Isaiah 6:5
"Woe is me"
The word "woe" can be translated, "Destruction is certain."
Isaiah sees God in His glory, and his response is, "I'm in trouble."
For the past 5 chapters, Isaiah has been declaring that destruction was coming to Israel, but here in chapter 6, that changes. All of a sudden, Isaiah has included himself under that judgement.
Seeing God made Isaiah realize that he didn't meet God's holiness. He couldn't even come before God. Isaiah wasn't fit to declare Israel's sin to them, because he had his own sin. He was just as guilty.
1 John 1 says that God is light. As we draw near to God, He will reveal our darkness. Our sin becomes exposed by His presence. The areas of our life where we are struggling with sin are simply areas that we aren't taking near Jesus.
Darkness and light cannot coexist.
God's love is shown in this chapter as well. Now that Isaiah has seen his sin for what it is, God sends one of the seraphim to him, to purify him.
"Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is take away, and your sin is atoned for."
-Isaiah 6:6-7
Isaiah's sin has now been dealt with. He has been made clean by God. This cleansing results in a calling.
God's cleansing results in God's calling.
Now that Isaiah is cleansed, he is ready to be used by God. He wants to be a part of showing the nation of Israel how great their God is.
God says in verse 8, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"
Isaiah is eager to respond, "Here I am! Send me."
Now that Isaiah has been cleansed of his sin, he is a fitting vessel to carry a message to Israel.
Before you can be used as a part of God's plan, you have to go through His cleansing. We enter God's Kingdom through the blood of His Son.
Isaiah's message isn't a fun one... God tells him to go and preach to the people, even though they won't listen, and even though they'll ignore him.
It looks so bleak that Isaiah asks God, "How long am I supposed to preach without them listening?" and God tells him, until the judgement has come. God knows that Israel won't turn, but being a fair and just God, He uses Isaiah to give them a final warning. This is their chance to turn.
Isaiah goes, and we'll see that in the rest of this book. Isaiah has seen the Lord. He has been cleansed by the coal from the altar. He is sold out for God, even though the job doesn't look fun, there is no turning back. His life was changed the day that he saw God, and it resulted in "woe".
When we realize that entering God's presence will mean having our sin dealt with, we'll see revival in this nation.
We all want to go before God, and say "whoa". We all want the experience of His glorious presence. But how many of us are willing to fall on our faces before God, and say "woe is me".
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
-1 John 1:9
Showing posts with label judgement. Show all posts
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Guilty As Charged
ISAIAH 5 is titled in my Bible "The Vineyard of the LORD destroyed"
A tragic picture of Judah's decline, and God's response is painted through this chapter.
The chapter starts out with God speaking of how He set Israel up for success.
In verse 2, we see all that God did for the vineyard, Israel.
He dug it (preparing the soil to be fertile)
He cleared the stones (removing obstacles)
He planted it with the best seed (setting them up to be successful)
He built a watchtower (Keeping them safe)
He hewed out a wine vat (preparing them to be effective)
He looked for it to yield grapes (waiting for an expected harvest)
As you can easily see, God did all of the work for them.
God gave them every blessing that He could, so that they could be fruitful.
In verse 4, He even challenges Judah, saying "What more what there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done it?"
But at the end of verse 2, and the end of verse 4, it says, "it yielded wild grapes."
The fruit that came from Judah was contrary to the seed that God planted.
God set it up for them to have it made. They had protection, they had provision, they had the blessing of God's hand on them. But they chose to walk a different path.
In the rest of the chapter, God describes what the "wild grapes" looked like, and what the consequences will be for Israel's choice.
Verse 5, God says that He will remove it's hedge. The first thing that happens when a nation turns from God is He removes His protection.
When you decide to walk outside of God's will for your life, you're leaving His hand of protection, and walking in your own strength, not God's.
In verse 6, God says that He will command the clouds to withhold their rain from Israel, fulfilling His promise from Deuteronomy 28:22-24, that if they turn from God, He will turn the rain from them.
The result of Israel's sin is judgment.
Isaiah 5:16, "But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows Himself holy in righteousness."
This is something that we miss a lot. We talk a lot about how God is glorified in saving sinners, but we don't often talk about this...
God is just as glorified in judging sin as He is in saving sinners.
When God judges sin, He is glorified in justice, holiness, and righteousness. When he saves sinners, He is glorified in love and grace.
So Israel will be judged. God is laying out for them ahead of time the charges that He has against them, and what the judgement will look like.
The charges and their consequences are as follows:
Verse 8: They are putting their trust in their wealth.
They are expanding their houses, and expanding their fields without any thought of God. Their wallet has become their god.
The Consequence: God will remove their wealth from them.
In verses 9-10, God promises that their houses and fields will be made desolate. Their wealth will be taken.
Verses 11-12: They chase after pleasure instead of God.
They run after strong drink. Their wine enflames them. They've replaced God with earthly pleasure.
This is a dangerous thing for all of us. Proverbs 31:4, "It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink." The consequence of these choices clarifies the danger in them.
The Consequence: They have forgotten God, and their ignorance will lead them into exile.
They will die of hunger and thirst, they will die because of their ignorance of God and His works.
Verse 20: They call evil good, and good evil.
The standard of Israel has become warped. They no longer understand God's standard. It sounds a lot like our nation today. We've turned from what Biblical marriage is. We commit millions of infant sacrifices to the god of convenience, justified with the term "abortion" instead of murder.
Verse 21: They are wise in their own eyes.
The reason that they have lost their perspective of God's standard is because they have elevated their wisdom over God's. They are convinced that they know better than God.
Verse 22: They are heroes and valiant men at drinking wine and mixing strong drink.
The thing that they pride themselves in is their ability to consume alcohol.
It is a dangerous thing to take pride in ability to sin. I've heard people brag about how many shots they can do, or how many women they've slept with. It breaks my heart. They take pride in how far from God they have become.
Verse 23: They don't understand justice.
"They acquit the guilty, and they deprive the innocent of his right"
Their idea of what justice looks like has become perverted.
The Consequence: God will show them what justice looks like.
Their actions will receive swift judgement from God, as He uses the nations around them to humble them, and remove the blessings that they have received.
Why would God do that? Why wouldn't He just "smite" them with bolts of lightning without warning?
God's warning in Isaiah 5 is a call to repentance. He tells them of these charges against them, and warns them of the consequences that will follow to give them a chance to turn back to Him before the consequences arrive.
So today, if you find yourself in one of these places, set against God, and His standard. Turn back to Him today! Don't wait for the judgement to arrive, don't wait for your sin to catch up with you. Repent. Turn around and run back to God.
This is why Jesus came, so that we could have an escape from our sin, and have an alternative direction to turn. We can come to God, because He came to us.
A tragic picture of Judah's decline, and God's response is painted through this chapter.
The chapter starts out with God speaking of how He set Israel up for success.
In verse 2, we see all that God did for the vineyard, Israel.
He dug it (preparing the soil to be fertile)
He cleared the stones (removing obstacles)
He planted it with the best seed (setting them up to be successful)
He built a watchtower (Keeping them safe)
He hewed out a wine vat (preparing them to be effective)
He looked for it to yield grapes (waiting for an expected harvest)
As you can easily see, God did all of the work for them.
God gave them every blessing that He could, so that they could be fruitful.
In verse 4, He even challenges Judah, saying "What more what there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done it?"
But at the end of verse 2, and the end of verse 4, it says, "it yielded wild grapes."
The fruit that came from Judah was contrary to the seed that God planted.
God set it up for them to have it made. They had protection, they had provision, they had the blessing of God's hand on them. But they chose to walk a different path.
In the rest of the chapter, God describes what the "wild grapes" looked like, and what the consequences will be for Israel's choice.
Verse 5, God says that He will remove it's hedge. The first thing that happens when a nation turns from God is He removes His protection.
When you decide to walk outside of God's will for your life, you're leaving His hand of protection, and walking in your own strength, not God's.
In verse 6, God says that He will command the clouds to withhold their rain from Israel, fulfilling His promise from Deuteronomy 28:22-24, that if they turn from God, He will turn the rain from them.
The result of Israel's sin is judgment.
Isaiah 5:16, "But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows Himself holy in righteousness."
This is something that we miss a lot. We talk a lot about how God is glorified in saving sinners, but we don't often talk about this...
God is just as glorified in judging sin as He is in saving sinners.
When God judges sin, He is glorified in justice, holiness, and righteousness. When he saves sinners, He is glorified in love and grace.
So Israel will be judged. God is laying out for them ahead of time the charges that He has against them, and what the judgement will look like.
The charges and their consequences are as follows:
Verse 8: They are putting their trust in their wealth.
They are expanding their houses, and expanding their fields without any thought of God. Their wallet has become their god.
The Consequence: God will remove their wealth from them.
In verses 9-10, God promises that their houses and fields will be made desolate. Their wealth will be taken.
Verses 11-12: They chase after pleasure instead of God.
They run after strong drink. Their wine enflames them. They've replaced God with earthly pleasure.
This is a dangerous thing for all of us. Proverbs 31:4, "It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink." The consequence of these choices clarifies the danger in them.
The Consequence: They have forgotten God, and their ignorance will lead them into exile.
They will die of hunger and thirst, they will die because of their ignorance of God and His works.
Verse 20: They call evil good, and good evil.
The standard of Israel has become warped. They no longer understand God's standard. It sounds a lot like our nation today. We've turned from what Biblical marriage is. We commit millions of infant sacrifices to the god of convenience, justified with the term "abortion" instead of murder.
Verse 21: They are wise in their own eyes.
The reason that they have lost their perspective of God's standard is because they have elevated their wisdom over God's. They are convinced that they know better than God.
Verse 22: They are heroes and valiant men at drinking wine and mixing strong drink.
The thing that they pride themselves in is their ability to consume alcohol.
It is a dangerous thing to take pride in ability to sin. I've heard people brag about how many shots they can do, or how many women they've slept with. It breaks my heart. They take pride in how far from God they have become.
Verse 23: They don't understand justice.
"They acquit the guilty, and they deprive the innocent of his right"
Their idea of what justice looks like has become perverted.
The Consequence: God will show them what justice looks like.
Their actions will receive swift judgement from God, as He uses the nations around them to humble them, and remove the blessings that they have received.
Why would God do that? Why wouldn't He just "smite" them with bolts of lightning without warning?
God's warning in Isaiah 5 is a call to repentance. He tells them of these charges against them, and warns them of the consequences that will follow to give them a chance to turn back to Him before the consequences arrive.
So today, if you find yourself in one of these places, set against God, and His standard. Turn back to Him today! Don't wait for the judgement to arrive, don't wait for your sin to catch up with you. Repent. Turn around and run back to God.
This is why Jesus came, so that we could have an escape from our sin, and have an alternative direction to turn. We can come to God, because He came to us.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Which road are you on?
In Isaiah 3, God begins to describe what the judgment against Israel will look like.
Their basic needs won't be provided for (verse 1)
They will be ruled over (verses 2-4, 12)
The people will stand against each other (verses 5-7)
They will lose their possessions (verses 18-23)
Their blessings will be revoked (verse 24)
Their armies will be destroyed (verse 25)
Now, why did all of this happen? Did God have a bad day? Was it just a rough day in Heaven, and God had to blow off some steam?
NO!
God is full of grace and truth. He will be entirely just, but He also gives grace to those who ask for it, and repent of their sin.
The key to understanding this judgement is found in verses 8, and 10.
Isaiah 3:8, "For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying His glorious presence."
Isaiah 3:10, "Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds."
When we look at these verses, we see the reason that God judged Israel. They chose to defy God in their words, and in their actions.
Picture two roads in your mind.
One leads you closer to God, and as you get closer there are more and more blessings. God's Spirit will begin to work in your life more and more, and make you more like Jesus every day.
The other road takes you farther and farther from God. As you distance yourself from His presence, you'll become less like Him, and see less of the fruit. You're setting yourself up for failure if you keep going on this road.
Verse 10 summed it up perfectly. "They shall eat the fruit of their deeds."
Galatians 6:7-8 says it this way, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life."
Israel chose the path that led away from God. That meant leaving His provision, leaving His direction, leaving His blessings, and leaving His protection behind them.
If you read Deuteronomy 28, you'll see where God lays out all of the results of the path that they choose. If they follow Him, blessings. If they decide to turn away from Him, curses. The choice was theirs.
So it's the same for us today. Which path have we chosen? Are we drawing closer to God, or are we fleeing His presence?
Maybe you want to walk towards God, but you feel like you don't know how. I want to challenge you today. Maybe you can only take baby steps, but take those baby steps!! Give your life to Jesus today. Ask Him to save you, to cleanse you of all sin, and to make you new. Get plugged in to your local church. Begin to read your Bible, and pray every day! God will draw you closer.
James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you..."
You just have to take the first step.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."
Continue on the path that leads you toward God. Even when it gets hard, it's worth it!
Their basic needs won't be provided for (verse 1)
They will be ruled over (verses 2-4, 12)
The people will stand against each other (verses 5-7)
They will lose their possessions (verses 18-23)
Their blessings will be revoked (verse 24)
Their armies will be destroyed (verse 25)
Now, why did all of this happen? Did God have a bad day? Was it just a rough day in Heaven, and God had to blow off some steam?
NO!
God is full of grace and truth. He will be entirely just, but He also gives grace to those who ask for it, and repent of their sin.
The key to understanding this judgement is found in verses 8, and 10.
Isaiah 3:8, "For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying His glorious presence."
Isaiah 3:10, "Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds."
When we look at these verses, we see the reason that God judged Israel. They chose to defy God in their words, and in their actions.
Picture two roads in your mind.
One leads you closer to God, and as you get closer there are more and more blessings. God's Spirit will begin to work in your life more and more, and make you more like Jesus every day.
The other road takes you farther and farther from God. As you distance yourself from His presence, you'll become less like Him, and see less of the fruit. You're setting yourself up for failure if you keep going on this road.
Verse 10 summed it up perfectly. "They shall eat the fruit of their deeds."
Galatians 6:7-8 says it this way, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life."
Israel chose the path that led away from God. That meant leaving His provision, leaving His direction, leaving His blessings, and leaving His protection behind them.
If you read Deuteronomy 28, you'll see where God lays out all of the results of the path that they choose. If they follow Him, blessings. If they decide to turn away from Him, curses. The choice was theirs.
So it's the same for us today. Which path have we chosen? Are we drawing closer to God, or are we fleeing His presence?
Maybe you want to walk towards God, but you feel like you don't know how. I want to challenge you today. Maybe you can only take baby steps, but take those baby steps!! Give your life to Jesus today. Ask Him to save you, to cleanse you of all sin, and to make you new. Get plugged in to your local church. Begin to read your Bible, and pray every day! God will draw you closer.
James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you..."
You just have to take the first step.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."
Continue on the path that leads you toward God. Even when it gets hard, it's worth it!
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
The Day Is Coming
As I've mentioned previously, I'm reading through Isaiah, 5 chapters a week with my church (Calvary Chapel of Wilmington - CalvaryofWilmington.org)
Today is chapter two.
Chapter two is an interesting chapter. It can be broken into two sections.
Verses 1-5 describe the Millennial Reign of Christ (See Revelation 20:1-6)
Verses 6-22 describe what it will take for that Millennial Reign to arrive.
Let's take a look.
The Millennial Reign of Christ will be a beautiful time. Satan will be bound and in the bottomless pit. For 1,000 years, his authority and power will be gone. What a beautiful day that will be!
The mountain of the house of the Lord will be established and lifted up. This refers to Jerusalem. People will flock to Jerusalem from every corner of the world to seek God. Wow, that sounds very different to what is happening today.
While we're on the subject of Israel, In Genesis 12:3, God promised to bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse Israel. As more and more of the world decides to stand against Israel, we've seen God protect her. Nobody has been able to wipe them out, and nobody will be, because their God protects them.
Throughout the Old Testament, there are numerous prophecies of Israel being back in the land, and bearing fruit. (for one of my favorites, read Ezekiel 36:24-36) This has happened! God has fulfilled this prophecy. He still cares for Israel.
So in that Millennial Reign, the nations will seek God. That will be a beautiful day! They determine to follow Him, and to learn His ways.
Verse 4 adds that they will turn all of their weapons into farming tools. There will be no more war. Global peace will finally arrive, when the Prince of Peace finally arrives.
Verse 6 takes a drastic turn though. We begin to see what must happen before that glorious day.
Because of idolatry, because of the sin in their hearts, God will reject His people.
Israel's problem was that they had everything they needed. They had gold, they had silver, they had horses, they had chariots, and they decided that they had done it all themselves. They decided that they didn't really need God. They began to worship idols. They began to worship something that they made for themselves.
Psalms 115 says that we become like what we worship.
These idols had eyes, but couldn't see. They had ears, but they couldn't hear. They were unable to save.
In worshiping these idols, they became prideful, they became dull of hearing, and blind to what was happening around them.
Because of their pride, judgement was necessary.
Verse 12 of Isaiah 2 says "For the Lord of Hosts has a day against all that is proud... and it shall be brought low."
God will deal with the pride and sin in all of us. Verse 22 says that this is what it will take for them to realize that their idols can't save them.
Before the day where Jesus reigns, there is a day where God will judge the earth. This isn't something that we like to talk about. This is something that many people will brush past. We don't like the idea of judgement. But check this out - God is just, He is righteous. His standard is perfection. Because of His nature, and because He is a just and fair judge, He has to judge sin. It is below His standard.
So how do we escape that day of judgement? Jump back to verse 5.
"O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk in the light of the LORD."
Here is our key! The way that we escape judgement is by walking in God's light.
1 John 1:5 says that God is light, and if we want to have fellowship with Him, we have to walk in that light with Him. Light and darkness can't coexist. That means the closer that you get to Jesus, the more of your sin He'll deal with. The key to following God is staying in the light.
I'll end this post with a passage from Romans 13 that seems fitting...
Romans 13:11-14
"Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cat off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."
Today is chapter two.
Chapter two is an interesting chapter. It can be broken into two sections.
Verses 1-5 describe the Millennial Reign of Christ (See Revelation 20:1-6)
Verses 6-22 describe what it will take for that Millennial Reign to arrive.
Let's take a look.
The Millennial Reign of Christ will be a beautiful time. Satan will be bound and in the bottomless pit. For 1,000 years, his authority and power will be gone. What a beautiful day that will be!
The mountain of the house of the Lord will be established and lifted up. This refers to Jerusalem. People will flock to Jerusalem from every corner of the world to seek God. Wow, that sounds very different to what is happening today.
While we're on the subject of Israel, In Genesis 12:3, God promised to bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse Israel. As more and more of the world decides to stand against Israel, we've seen God protect her. Nobody has been able to wipe them out, and nobody will be, because their God protects them.
Throughout the Old Testament, there are numerous prophecies of Israel being back in the land, and bearing fruit. (for one of my favorites, read Ezekiel 36:24-36) This has happened! God has fulfilled this prophecy. He still cares for Israel.
So in that Millennial Reign, the nations will seek God. That will be a beautiful day! They determine to follow Him, and to learn His ways.
Verse 4 adds that they will turn all of their weapons into farming tools. There will be no more war. Global peace will finally arrive, when the Prince of Peace finally arrives.
Verse 6 takes a drastic turn though. We begin to see what must happen before that glorious day.
Because of idolatry, because of the sin in their hearts, God will reject His people.
Israel's problem was that they had everything they needed. They had gold, they had silver, they had horses, they had chariots, and they decided that they had done it all themselves. They decided that they didn't really need God. They began to worship idols. They began to worship something that they made for themselves.
Psalms 115 says that we become like what we worship.
These idols had eyes, but couldn't see. They had ears, but they couldn't hear. They were unable to save.
In worshiping these idols, they became prideful, they became dull of hearing, and blind to what was happening around them.
Because of their pride, judgement was necessary.
Verse 12 of Isaiah 2 says "For the Lord of Hosts has a day against all that is proud... and it shall be brought low."
God will deal with the pride and sin in all of us. Verse 22 says that this is what it will take for them to realize that their idols can't save them.
Before the day where Jesus reigns, there is a day where God will judge the earth. This isn't something that we like to talk about. This is something that many people will brush past. We don't like the idea of judgement. But check this out - God is just, He is righteous. His standard is perfection. Because of His nature, and because He is a just and fair judge, He has to judge sin. It is below His standard.
So how do we escape that day of judgement? Jump back to verse 5.
"O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk in the light of the LORD."
Here is our key! The way that we escape judgement is by walking in God's light.
1 John 1:5 says that God is light, and if we want to have fellowship with Him, we have to walk in that light with Him. Light and darkness can't coexist. That means the closer that you get to Jesus, the more of your sin He'll deal with. The key to following God is staying in the light.
I'll end this post with a passage from Romans 13 that seems fitting...
Romans 13:11-14
"Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cat off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."
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