Not All is Lost

"For,lo, I bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts." ~Jeremiah 25:29

"If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings." ~Jeremiah 26:3

People are always asking why God lets bad things happen to "good" people.  For Christians, it can be a time of growth and learning as they reap from their past.  For those who do not have a relationship with God, it's usually them reaping from their past, but they aren't able to have the same kind of outlook and relationship to it.

Those in trials, both with a relationship with God and without, will react in one of two different ways.  They will either turn their backs on God and lean on the power of men, or they will turn to God and hand this trial they are going through over to Him.  Christians aren't perfect, plain and simple.  Sometimes our natural reaction will overpower us at first and we will try to fix a situation using our own willpower, with which we will inevitably fail.  Only when we fail will we remember that God is there, and always has been there.  He's the loving parent that watches us struggle, waiting for us to ask for His help.  However, when we start into a trial and turn to Him first, oh the peace and joy we will find in His will.

When bad things happen, sometimes it's because of us breaking the Law, God's law.  He doesn't punish just those who have no relationship with Him, but punishes His children as well. In Jeremiah 25:29, He says that there will be a sword upon ALL the inhabitants of the earth and that the city called by His name was not left out.  If we will call upon His name and repent of our sins, however, we will begin to have a desire to be in His will.  Within His will, we have no desire to break the Law, but instead have a desire to please and fellowship with Him.  With breaking the Law no more comes a lack of a need for punishment.

Will we turn from our sin filled life and move towards God, or will we continue to wallow in our sin until the judgment day?  The choice is yours dear friend.