Kiss the Son lest He be angry

I am not one to see everything in terms of black and white, but what I am seeing is a lot of compromise, a lot of rationalization of things that are displeasing to the Lord. And what I am also seeing this morning is the Lord's command to love Him with all our heart, soul mind and strength and our neighbour as ourselves. When we are lukewarm He wants to spit us out of His mouth (Revelation 3:16).

There is a saying in twelve-step-programs that half measures profited us nothing. If total commitment is necessary for our recovery, how much more should we give our all to Him who at incredible cost gave Himself to rescue us from eternal separation from Himself. There are times when the Lord needs to say things to us to shake us out of our complacency,  and out of half measures. This morning's verse from Psalm 2 is one of them. The full verse (verse 12) reads “Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.”

We need to stop lying to ourselves and take sin seriously. There is coming a day when we will have to give account of every idle word (Matthew 12:36). The saying is true that “if He is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all” (Luke 6:46). We need to re-commit again this morning (I do) to present our minds souls and bodies as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1).

Father, thank You for reminding me this morning that if I am to be Your disciple indeed then I need to obey from the heart. Thank You for Your mercies that are new every morning. Romans 12:2 in the NKJV tells me that this is the only reasonable thing to do. So I surrender again this morning Lord, and commit again to never say “no” to You in Jesus Name Amen