Just how far am I willing to go seems to be a question on some minds. Meaning, do I have limits? Do I, as creator God have limits to my patience and power?
I am often criticized for what people consider too little, or no involvement in some events and too much in others. Insurance companies are particularly fond of blaming me for certain tragedies. I find it uniquely interesting when man judges me for being judgmental. (LOL) Maybe that can be a subject for another day, huh? The other question is: can man limit my power? Can man prevent me from accomplishing something that I desire to do?
Do I have a limit to my patience? What most people want to know, (those that are on the threshold of belief) is how far can they run from me before I reach out in “judgment” and get their attention? They want to test whether I am the “hater” they heard I was. They have heard that I hate sinners, that I judge sin; which is another one of those distortions that has no basis in truth. The truth is: I hate sin! The truth is: I judged sin – once and for all. The truth is: since the beginning of time I have established a way for sin to be dealt with in/by faith whereby man can be in a right relationship with me in order to prevent the natural consequences of sin from taking place. What are the natural consequences of sin? Death! “By one man sin entered into the world and death by sin”, heard that before? So, do I have limits to my patience? Peter said that, I (God) am longsuffering toward men, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance. Here is what you need to know about me: my patience finds its end at the culmination of unbelief. If you decide to believe the lies and die in unbelief, rejecting me for whatever reason, then you will meet me at the end of my patience. It will be by your choice not from my lack of trying to show you truth. Sin has been fully and forever judged by the death of my Son. I work and use whatever means possible (any means that doesn’t violate my character) to draw people to faith. Will I overpower and force faith on someone? NO! One of you humans wisely stated, “A man convinced against his will is still unconvinced.” What value would there be in getting to heaven knowing you are there unwillingly? Men/Women chose to either yield themselves to the work of the Holy Spirit in leading and impressing upon them the opportunity before them to repent of their sin and surrender wholly to the forgiveness available in the death of Christ. Some do so after great struggle, some after very little. Others simply resist and continue to resist until it is too late. So, in a way, there is a means whereby humans can limit my working powerfully; and that is in their own heart(s) through unbelief.
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