A HIGH PRICE

My Pastor wrote this devotional for today. I found it to be very thought-provoking and a powerful Truth.

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Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many of his miracles, because they hadn’t repented of their sins and turned to God. 21 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. 22 I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
23 “And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today. 24 I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”
Matthew 11:20 -24 NLT

There is a high price for receiving God’s goodness and not changing. While God loves us and desires to bless us, He also desires that those blessings lead us away from our sin. The towns that Jesus had performed mighty miracles remained unchanged, and that lack of change brought judgement. Let us not take for granted God’s kindness and many blessings! God is leading us away from our selfish sinful nature, because that nature brings death and destruction for the present and for eternity. RECEIVE THE BLESSING AND EMBRACE THE CHANGE!