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The route to becoming a leader in any endeavor is to work hard at it. Those who work hard rise to positions of leadership, those who are lazy end up serving others.
If we rebel against God time and again and worship things other than Him, His patience with us will run out and He will leave us to suffer the consequences of our actions.
Jesus warns us to be prepared for His return. We do not know when that day will be, but let us carry out His will every day until He arrives. I want Him to find me doing His work when He comes on that day. We must not allow the apparent delay in His return to make us complacent and lazy in doing the work which He has set for us.
Jesus goes on to tell us that He did not come to bring unity, rather He came to divide people. Families will divide over His teachings. Each one of us must decide for himself what is right. We cannot just yield that judgment to some authority figure. We cannot go along with what others say is right just to avoid strife and division. Jesus has called us each to make our own judgment as to what is right. If we wish to be faithful servants of Christ, we cannot accept as right the beliefs of those who oppose Christ.
Moses’ song continues telling us that we are foolish and senseless. All too often we fail to heed God’s commands and despite our desire to serve Him we allow ourselves to fall into the hands of His enemies. Let us not seek to exact revenge from our enemies because God has reserved that right to Himself. When our strength is gone and we can no longer stand on our own, God will come and lift us up. He will support us. God will avenge those who have been oppressed. He will repay the oppressors for their actions. He will repay those who strike down His servants out of hate for Him. Let us rejoice because God will take vengeance against those who do evil. He will cleanse the land of evil and populate it with those who honour and serve Him.