Forsaking God-Ezekiel 9

The people of Jerusalem and Israel have been through so much not because God doesn't love them but because they love sin. They haven't fought the fight they are supposed to. God has given them many many chances to repent and change their ways and sent many people to them to guide them to God. But yet they still choose sin over eternal joy. They can't see the eternity in it or even a week into their sin. They look at right now and what they want. Yes in the moment sin can be extremely tempting but in a second God can give you more pleasure and joy than sin can ever fill you with. Satan can make sin appealing to us but he can't make it actually fill us with what we need. So instead of continuing to sin we must say God I need you to fill me and cover me with your love! But the people of Jerusalem still don't choose God even after He has destroyed them and broken them and put famine and plague on them. Instead they take Gods temple that is supposed to be filled with the one and only God and be a powerful place of God working and they literally turn away from the altar of God and bow down to the sun. What is the sun going to do? Oh yeah it can heat the world and bring light but who puts the light in the sun? God! God gives light to all things good. Without Him this would be a world of darkness and emptiness. He gave us an undeserving people His son to take away our sin. He wanted to save His people so He gave us Jesus. Everyday we should be praising God for Jesus and for saving us! It is not something that is to be forgotten ever. How great thou art. Then sings my soul me savior God to thee. Sing to God let Him know your heart and your love for Him! We don't have to hide our love for God we have to keep our love for God growing and on fire. There shouldn't be a single day in life in Christ that we don't "feel" like we love God. It should be everyday that we are praising Him for His greatness and power and saving us. He has deep compassion on us and is working on such greater things in our lives. I love all He is currently doing in mine and I pray that He would press on more and more! I continue to pray for a soft and humbled heart and to keep exploring God! God is constant. There may be pain but in Christ there is joy that overpowers that and allows you to forget the pain and be a new creation in Christ! That's what life in Christ is.