It's amazing to me how people refuse to come to God. They would rather take pleasures in alcohol, in drugs, in sexual perversions. What they fail to realize is that sin is pleasurable for a season, but it is also a hard master. It will take from you all that you hold dear and leave you with nothing. But on the other side of sin, we have the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus died for us so that we might be forgiven, redeemed and made righteous before God the Father. His plan for us is to be with Him in fellowship, in communion, in oneness. He wishes to give us all that we lack and all that He wants in return is our love and devotion to Him. It is easy to love God once you to experience the peace that He gives. Peace that surpasses all understanding, Peace in the midst of struggles, Peace in the midst of heartache. Such peace can never be found in the perversions of this world.
If you have fallen away from the Lord and have given in to these "pleasures", I want you to know that your ending will not be a pleasurable one. Every sin, every perversion, every lustful act will require judgment by a just Judge and He will give every person exactly what they deserve. It will not be a matter of good works outweighing the bad, but rather judgment that is just and right for all that we have done wrong in our earthly vessels. The Bible declares in James 1:13–15 "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
It is to your own detriment if you continue in the path of sin. So why let it? Why let sin keep you from the goodness of God? He wishes to forgive you, to redeem you and to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. It is a free gift given to all mankind and all one has to do is simply accept it for themselves. Repent my friend if you need to and know that God offers you forgiveness through His Son Jesus Christ. The past can be washed away and your future can be forever secured, but you have to take the first step in calling upon the Lord. I pray that you will make that courageous step if you need to.
–Dwayne Savaya
