What Will You Get?

"Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites." (Colossians 3:24,25 NLT)

If we would just remember that there is a consequence--good or bad, positive or negative--for everything we do, many of us would make better decisions and be prepared for what we get in life--good or bad.

We cannot expect "rewards" for doing things that will generate negative or bad results any  more than a child should expect a reward for bad disobedience or negative behavior. But some do--they think--they can do whatever their flesh dictates and still receive blessings from God. They have forgotten (if they ever knew) what God expects from us and or even that there is a "reaction for every action" and the reaction is not always pleasant.

How do we know? People choose to settle differences of opinions with guns instead of discussion. People choose to engage in drug and alcohol addictions instead of dealing with the issues they face--hoping to hide from them. People engage in dangerous and unhealthy sexual activity that leads to increases in sexually transmitted diseases and death. People choose to do all those things that are ungodly and yet expect positive results.

When we look at our society, what do we really see? A generation of people who just want what they want and never consider the consequences of their actions--for themselves or others. We have lawmakers who create laws that lead to more foolishness because they're more concerned with gaining the support of voters rather than creating laws that protect all citizens. Legalizing the use of marijuana will only lead to more problems as we have already seen--just the beginning--not the end of the tragedies that will result. Legalizing the sale of fireworks better left in the hands of experts lead to tragic results every year and yet--lawmakers are more concerned with the tax dollars paid on the sale rather than the lives that are endangered. What will their end be?

God is not mocked and He knows the heart and motive of every decision made my lawmakers that contradict His Word--laws made under the influence of the evil one--who hates God and all God has created. The lawmakers have been blinded by "political correctness, popular opinion, and greed" and the laws they legislate are not for the good of all people, but only a handful--of special interest groups. Those same groups--will lead nations straight to the pits of hell with their desire to appease flesh and not God.

If we obey God in all things--loving one another and therefore rendering ourselves incapable of committing acts of sin against one another--we have an inheritance that we can expect as our reward.

If we do not obey God and continue to do whatever we want or whatever our flesh craves--we will also receive that reward--for disobedience and we will have only ourselves to blame--because we chose to ignore God.

What will you get?