The Choice of Rebellion

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

Madonna 1958-, American Musician, Singer, Actress,

Isa 3:8-11
Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, to rebel against His glorious presence. The expression of their faces bears witness against them, and they display their sin like Sodom; they do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their actions. Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, for what he deserves will be done to him. NASU

Rebellion requires bravery; it is to stand up against the status quo, usually for the benefit of others being mistreated and abused. But it also is a natural product of the human nature that demands inspection before it is allowed to fill the bosom. There is an old English proverb that says, “When the sword has been drawn, then the sheath should be thrown away.” In our human nature it just seems to me that we are too easily stirred to reach for the sword, to quick to rebel.

Rebellion is seen in human nature in early childhood, and must be dealt with handily to show what can be the painful results of foolish rebellion. Rebellion for rebellions sake can have destructive consequences. The results are not always seen immediately, it can look like you have won for a short time. But well planned righteous rebellion has at its core the wellbeing of many and not of one.

There will be those that will stand on the small sand hills of time and think that they have won, but there will be a time of accounting. It is much as the one who talks bravely until they turn to face the one they spoke so bravely about. They will not be so proud or stand so tall, but they will fall on their face and beg for mercy. We will all eat of the fruit of our own actions, and only for the righteous will it go well…God Bless.
Pastor William