Love God Greatly: Faithful Love Sample

God had blessed Israel, His chosen people, with material abundance but they spent it on themselves and their idolatrous desires by making altars to false gods. Israel enjoyed the blessings of God but used those blessings in ungodly ways.

Paul warns against the same sin in Galatians 5:13: “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh.” Sometimes, as Christians, we take the liberty and blessing God gives and use them in ungodly ways.

Lamentations reminds us what happened to the people of Israel: they went into captivity. The young women and men from Israel had to pay the price of the people´s rebellion toward God. We must never forget that sin has consequences. It´s true that God forgives our sin completely when we repent. But He doesn´t take away the consequences of our sinful behavior.

Dear God, I don´t want to live with unconfessed sin in my life. I know sin has consequences. Please, help me, after confessing my sin to You, deal with the consequences of that sin. Help me live wisely. Amen.