1 Peter 3:10-12
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
When I first read this I had a questions. If God isn’t listening to those who do evil, how will He know when they are reaching out to Him? Then I realized if their heart is right and they are truly reaching out to change their ways, they will be doing good. It is at that moment He is prepared to listen to them. Grace will be offered to them.
I do want to point out that grace isn’t a get out of jail free card. Grace is a you are forgiven from God. We still have to face consequences of our actions here on Earth. The difference is now you will not face them alone.
You see it is just like everyone else. When you are doing the good, all of our days not filled with rainbows and unicorns. But these verses give us the tools to find them in the middle of the dark stormy days. We can weather the storms that surround us if we concentrate on the good and stay away from the evil even when we are paying for the evil we have done.
In the end, stay away from evil, then we can say, It is Well With My Soul!
Lord thank you for being with me through the dark days even when I am the cause of them. ~amen
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