” Go and say to this people: when you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do you will not comprehend. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes- so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.” Acts 28: 26-27
In the above scripture Paul quotes Isaiah, the prophet, saying that the Jews at the time had closed their ears and their eyes to God. They had become incapable of listening and understanding the message of God. Paul turned from that effort and focused on the gentiles who were willing to listen and accept Jesus as the Savior of the world. You and I have been grafted into the family of our God. We are given the opportunity to be saved, to be healed and to be forgiven. He continues to be gracious and loving toward those who believe by faith and trust him. However, he has given us the choice to make. There are those today who also have hardened their hearts and closed their eyes and ears to God. They make light of living in faith. They make light of the miracles of God. They don’t believe that our God is the ‘all powerful’ God who created the world and all things in it. They believe in their abilities and their wants and needs. They seek the things of this world and not the things of God. We see this play out everyday. We know that Jesus is returning soon. When that happens the period of grace will be finished. Our time is short. We must put our efforts of telling everyone about Jesus into high speed and move forward. We must strengthen our faith and trust in Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to move in our lives. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL SITUATIONS!
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