Reality Checks.

   In my devotions this morning, I was reading in Jeremiah, where Jeremiah was lamenting over what was happening to his beloved city of Jerusalem.  The city at the time was under siege by the Babylonians.  Jeremiah had warned the people numerous times about their sin and they refused to listen to him.  Now they were facing the judgment of God and the Babylonians.  I have discovered something about God, He will in time deal with our sin.  This is the reason we should keep short accounts with God.  Sin is the one thing that keeps us separated from God.  It exacts a high price on the participant.  Sin will take you places you never thought you would go, it will make you do things you never thought you would do and make you the type of person you never thought you would be.  Sin is a cruel task master, it has only one intent and that is to destroy you.  Many have discovered that sin is wonderful for a season but eventually it destroys from the inside out.  A hollowness appears and so the participant has to go deeper to fulfill and try to quiet the hollowness they feel.  There is only one true way to be free from sin.  Repent and let God's forgiveness and grace deal with it once and for all.  There is nothing like the effects of salvation.  I love and am fascinated with salvation.  I love how it takes a vile sinner and turns them into a glorious sant.  I love the fact that it changes everything.  One moment you are going to hell and the next moment you are going to heaven.  One moment you are an enemy of God and the next a friend of God.  Marvellous, wonderful and so precious.  Today turn everything over to the Lord and let the full effect of salvation flow through your life and receive every precious promise and victory of God.