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Lectio Divina: read, reflect, respond, rejoice!

My Lectio Divina: Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

{Man is sent/allowed plagues. 

These are to make me realize how weak and frail I am and that I need God. That all my thoughts are pride and vanity. I can do nothing unless the Lord allows me to have breath. He is the creator of my life. I owe him everything. He is the one who determines how I should live and the plagues are to wake me up that I am actually dust. I need to decide to live like He wants me to or I will die in separation from him. 

If I want God I must Repent of my own thoughts and ways and to turn to follow God’s thoughts and ways which I cannot understand without His Holy Spirit. It may look like the right way from a human perspective but that is not God’s perspective. I am corrupted by the world’s ways, my flesh deceitful destructive desires, and the devil’s torments. 

If I want to follow God I must turn from doing  the works of what I want to do and ask God for His direction. He is the Author of life and to actually live I must do it his way or I am destroying my own self. 

I must give up worshiping demons, letting the world and the devil into my thoughts and mind to obey them instead of the Word that saves from sin and death. 

I must give up my desires for possessions. All they are, are idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood. They actually do not give life or help me. Only God gives life and can help me live. They are trinkets that will parish with this world of which I am only passing through. They are not worth eternal damnation. 

I must repent of murder. I murder people when I judge them and say evil about anyone. Any anger for someone is murder. I am to pray for everyone’s salvation and their openness to receive grace. That is why I am here to be a blessing to others. Jesus came to save. I am to tell of the reconciliation God wants, not their destruction. 

I must repent of sorcery. According to I Samuel 15:23 rebellion is the sin of divination. I am not to try and know the future. I am not in control. God is! I am to live in dependence and holy fear of offending my God. I am to let Him be God in my life not try to be my own God!

I am to not have any sexual immorality. All sexual immorality is an abuse of the tabernacle of God. I am now His tabernacle and will not tolerate sexual immorality. It destroys grace in my soul and leads to damnation. God wants to live in me and direct me, if I have sexual immorality he leaves the tabernacle. 

I must repent of thefts. I am to be content with what God wants for me. If He wants me to have something he will give it. I can pray for him to give but I am not to steal at all! That is rebellion against God’s will. He is the provider. 

Oh my God and Savior, please open my eyes and the eyes of all my loved ones. Help us see that you want us to live. You want to guide us into true life. That the world has a distorted view and it is killing us. Thank you for giving us your word so we can see where we are going wrong before the plagues come. Deliver us my God! You want to Save! Amen!! Save me!!}