Why is it so much easier to follow your own way over following the desires of God. We all have two choices we can make when faced with this dellema- we can follow ourselves or we can refuse our own way and obey God.
The temptation is due to the fact that to be without law or authority seems powerful at the moment, but the outcomes are dire. All who chose this path have ended in death( physical or spiritual, and even both in the end), destruction, and confusion.
A prime example of this is the pentecostal movement of the 1900s unto today. This group is a branch of the greater protestant movement, who originally broke away from the Roman Catholic church. Why? Because they refuse to submit to the order of the Roman Catholic church and their teachings( who themselves were apostates from the church established by the Christ and his apostles). The protestants believe they found a better way- their own way, base on their own understanding of the Bible and the politics of the times. Yet, they, along with thier mother church, produce mass genocide and world conquest from the 1500s to Donald Trump's seizure of Venezuela and pirate activities in the Carribean seas in our current era.
Now, like their predecessors, the pentecostal churches under the umbrella of white Christian nationalism in the new apostolic reformation have continued to walk in their own ways and not the true God of heaven and earth. Their pastors, apostles, prophets, and cult leaders have raped, enslaved, murdered, stolen lands and countries by this mindset. They have even claim to be greater than God and are able to control the activity of God in his own world that he made. All this is from the choices they have made to follow their own ways and refuse the commandments and instructions of the living God.
The end of all that choose this way is the judgment of God- and it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God for your evil ( Heb. 10:31). These same rebellious people that call themselves Christians (the protestant/pentecostals) are so mad on and addicted to their lie that they are ploting to fight against God and Christ at his second coming to uphold their own vision or evil imaginations( Rev. 19: 19-20, 2 Thess. 2:8-12). But, the judgment is set and the warning has been made, that all who follow their own minds and refuse to obey God will be destroyed.
Therefore, it is best to endure hardness with God than to do what seems easier. The outcomes are better for those that choose to obey God. Obedience to the law of God only brings good and not evil. Because it holds you accountable for every action and word you do or speak, you will be more humble in the paths you take knowing that God sees and hears all things. There is a reward for choosing God's way over any other way. Also, he provides you with the keys and examples to win or overcome in the path you chose with him- his word and laws are your everlasting guide- so you never have to wonder what God expect of you or how you can please him. His ways will never produce genocide, robbery, hatred, rapes, lies, pride, lust, and witchcraft to decive that leads to death. His paths only brings us to life forevermore.
But, to serve God, it will take courage and determination, and not fear and laziness. You must be willing to start, and if we stumble to try again, and again, till God trust you by proving your heart; to see if you will continue with him or not through the hardships. This is called faith-and only through faith can we truly serve him ( Heb. 11:6).
We must remember all the examples he left us in the Bible of men and women who did not go the way of the wicked, but were steadfast in their faithfulness towards him. Remember David, an anointed king, running from a king because he honored God's commands. God honored him with an everlasting kingdom through his seed: Jesus, the Messiah. Or Elijah the prophet, being hunted for preaching truth to power and not willing to hide the words of God because of threats. God granted that he would never taste death; for he was taken into heaven by the angel of God/ UFO or the fire in the sky. And what of the mother and her seven sons, who refuse the evil commands of the Edomite Greek king to eat pig's meat and forsake God's laws(2 Maccabees chapter 7). She and her sons remained faithful unto death, knowing they will not go unavenged by God, who promised them a better resurrection than the evil king. Even the example of the life of the Messiah himself, is a perfect illustration of abiding faith and obedience to the will of God. Christ endured the Roman cross and the humiliation of the rebels to finish the divine work God gave him (Luke 23:1-56). These all put their own desires aside and chose the will of God. They counted all things but loss for glory and honor of the living God, who has promised them an everlasting reward for their faithfulness. They chose the harder paths over the broader ways of men(Matt. 7:13-14).
I encourage you to choose God's way and not your own or any man's way. Because, it is the true path for man and the only one where ture life resides.
Shalam,
Zarach
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