Is your idea of God one who sits in Heaven waiting
for you to mess up so He can punish you?
“For God has
not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ,” 1 Thessalonians 5:9 and “Therefore there is now no
punishment for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1
God has
poured out His wrath, His punishment on His Son Jesus. The cross is behind you and when you believe you are forgiven
because the punishment you deserve was paid for by Jesus. God loves you enough
that “God demonstrated His own love toward you, in that while you were still a
lost sinner, Christ died for you” (Romans 5:8 paraphrased) You do not deserve
it, but by Grace through faith you now have Jesus righteousness given to you.
(Eph. 2: 8-10)
God’s love
for His children is unconditional. Understand it, appreciate it and get to know
God well enough you can trust Him and fall in love with Him. He is not waiting
to ‘get’ you but to show His love to you and do what is necessary to bring you
to the best place for you to be in your life and spiritual walk. He wants you
to trust Him enough to “rejoice always” (1 Thess. 5:16) no matter the circumstance
or if you like them or not. To you, some things may appear impossible and
things in your life can hurt you or those you love, but He is in control. God
knows before anything happens what ‘it’ is and if you obey and love Him then He
can use the ‘it’ in ways you never imagined and may not know of until you get
to be with Him in Heaven.
There is
no punishment for you as an adopted child of God. There may be correction to
get you back on track, but that is love discipling for your protection not
wrath. The only ‘getting’ that God wants to do with you is to ‘get’ you ready for eternity and use you here and now as He does. Never be frightened that God is going to “do
something to you”, but read 1 John 4 and wrap your mind around God’s love for
you and ask Him to help you understand it and trust Him.
“The one who does not love does not know God, for God is
love. By this the love of God was made known in us, that God has sent His only
begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love,
not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation (payment that satisfies God’s justice) for our sins. Beloved, if
God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1John 4:8-11 
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