Some will seek forgiveness, others escape

Name: Scott
Scripture: Deuteronomy 29-30, Mark 2: 1-22

OAP:

Deuteronomy was pretty heavy. "But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear! For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out. You ate no bread and drank you wine or other alcoholic drink, but he gave you food so you would know that he is the Lord your God." 

I have gone through the whole of life up until this point with closed eyes and plugged ears and a wandering mind. I haven't been attentive to the grace and pity that is extended to me. I am taken care of, so that I will know that he is the Lord my God? But do I really know that? Sure, I know it, but what in my life can I point to saying, "That's why he's my God"?

"Therefore, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything you do."

I have been set up for a life of success. God has given me the resources, the talents, the mind, the people, the opportunities to make my life plentiful and meaningful. All I have to do is continue to seek the Kingdom and discover God. But I get so frustrated (angry) because I don't know how to do that! "Seek the Kingdom of God". Easier said than done. 

"You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the lands of enemy nations as we left . . . I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you-- no man, woman, clan, or tribe-- will turn away from the Lord our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit."

Remember all those times when you messed up? Remember those times where I showed you things that made you cringe? Remember when you saw how rotten this world, these people, can be? I showed you those things so that you would be know not to make similar mistakes. 

"The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that  you will love him with all our heart and soul and so you may live!"

God, take me. Cut off the inedible parts of my heart. The extra. The unloving, judgmental, lusting, frightened, moldy parts. I am free from sin, so that I may live!