Romans 2:1-16
Vs 4 "Don't you seen how wonderfully kind, tolerant and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you?"
Vs 8 "But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves."
Vs 15-16 "They demonstrate that God's law is written in their hearts, for their conscience and thoughts wither accuse them or tell them they are doing right. And this is the message I proclaim - that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone's secret life."
In the context of the whole passage, Paul is talking about judging others, and how we will be judged. He's also talking about the law and good and evil. These four verses stuck out to me the most because I never want to forget God's love and patience with me. It's everything! It's amazing, I don't deserve any of it. Every time I try to do things on my own He just waits patiently for me to come back to Him. There is an abundance of grace that is so overwhelming, second chances that are never-ending. His love is so much more than anything I can get from the things of the world, from other people. Anything I have to offer outside of the love of Christ is dirt. It's nothing. God's love is so pure and holy. I want to be filled with God's love so anything I give out to my friends and family is not out of my strength, but out of God's. Jesus, remind me daily about your love and grace. I want to be consumed by it. I never want to take what Jesus did for granted. Vs 8 really got me. I am constantly battling this in my heart. I want to be in God's perfect will for my life. The things He has for me are so much more than the things I can conjure up for myself. His ways are so much more effective. Thank-you Jesus for you grace and I give my heart fully to you again today. I can't live for myself anymore. Thank-you again for the nagging on my consicence. I don't want to have a secret life. I wanna be fully transparent, so that every angle of my life shows who you are. Thank-you for your strength and compassion.
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