Need of Him

DEVOTION
2 THESSALONIANS
NEED OF HIM
2 Thess 1:7-9
8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
NIV
If that doesn’t scare anyone into the kingdom I do not know what would. Except those I know who refuse to accept the truth just use this to prove how nasty God is and therefore he is not God. But I do not have a problem with this. It only proves to me that God is just. He allows people to decide for themselves if they what his peace or his wrath. If he was actually a mean unloving God he would simply make people do what he wants them to do. But he does not; I am not a puppet on stings being controlled by him. I had the free will to decide to follow him. I know I do not want anything to do with that everlasting destruction nor do I want to be shut out from his presence. That I think a lot of people, including believers have a misguided view of. I do not know how I think I have the right view, but yet I cannot see being in the process of being destroyed lasting forever. It is the simple fact that when they are destroyed, they are destroyed forever; never to come back, never to ever live again in some form in paradise with God. No, destruction is eternal, and therefore no in the presence of God. If they were still alive and in a eternal process of destruction, they would be in the presence of God or there is no place anyone can hide from him, he is everywhere. Hell is not even eternal, it will be destroyed when it is throw into the lake of burning sulfur. Now, although I am not a perfect human being, I don’t think I have to worry about this end for me. I sure have my faults, my failures and sins which continue to plague me and may well all the days of my life. But I am still saved from the horrible end of those who refuse to obey the gospel, because I do know God and I have accepted his provision for my salvation. It almost seems funny; those people think they have to be perfect and that I am supposed to be perfect. That is not possible. What is possible is God loves everyone so much he made a way for them to not be destroyed but to have everlasting life in his presence, even if they are not perfect. Right I should not just go about my merry way sinning anyway I want to. But at the same time I cannot never sin either, then I would be as pure as Jesus, as God and I am not, because I am not Jesus, and that is why I need him. I am in constant need of him.