Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth

My Lord is a gracious and forgiving God. He can take a broken woman and make her new. He can take the sick and make them well. He does this for us all of the time. Many think that they can live anyway that they want and He will just turn a blind eye, this is not true. Our Lord is three dimensional. You cannot look at only one side of Him and expect to see the full Greatness of Him. All we have to do is to look at Jesus and what he said, then we can really see God in all of His glory. We cannot just take the parts that make us feel good and safe about ourselves, but we must take all of the dimensions, even the ones that scare us, because sometimes these are the ones that make us live differently in order to serve Him better.

Notice His words, Matthew 24, 25; "You also must be ready all the time. For the Son of Man will come when least expected...If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward...But if the servant is evil and thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk-well, the master will return unannounced and unexpected. He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

He also tells the story of the ten bridesmaids. Five were prepared and ready, five were not. The five that were prepared and ready for their groom were invited into the wedding. The five that were not prepared, "He called back, 'I don't know you!' So stay awake and be prepared, because you do not know the day or hour of my return."

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of the man going on a trip." He gave each servant bags of gold, "dividing it in proportion to their abilities." Two of them invested themselves into using what they had wisely, but one was scared and did nothing with his portion. When the master returned, he praised the two who were faithful and in return gave them even more responsibilities. But to the one who was scared and did nothing for his master, the master replied, "You wicked and lazy servant!...To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who are unfaithful, even what little they have will be taken away. Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Jesus goes on to say, "For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink...I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sister, you were doing it to Me!...I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink... I assure you. when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help Me. And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

Do you see that we are God's servants. This happened to His servants. These servants knew the master, but each one responded differently to Him. It does not matter if you have proclaimed Jesus as Lord of your life, been baptized in water and pronounced to everyone that you know Him; if you do not live your life for Him. You cannot earn your salvation, Jesus took care of that on the cross. You do say that you know Him by the way that you live. God doesn't expect everyone to have the same abilities, talents, but He does want you to use what you have. You cannot let fear rule you and keep you from working for Him. That fear will keep you from Him, you must do anyway. He did not call us to hide away our talents and wait for Him in our convenience. He did not say, "party, enjoy this life, do not worry about others and what they are doing." He called us to go out and bring more to Him. People are His treasure and their souls are His main priority. He loves us, that is why He is so patient with us. He knows us by how we live our life. We are called to live for Him. It does matter. One day, that time will be over and judgment will be handed out. Don't be caught unprepared...