I’m feeling very pressed in the Spirit to share this passage of Scripture, please read the whole thing.

Psalm 50:14-23 New King James Version (NKJV)

14 Offer to God thanksgiving,

And pay your vows to the Most High.

15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

16 But to the wicked God says:

“What right have you to declare My statutes,

Or take My covenant in your mouth,

17 Seeing you hate instruction

And cast My words behind you?

18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him,

And have been a partaker with adulterers.

19 You give your mouth to evil,

And your tongue frames deceit.

20 You sit and speak against your brother;

You slander your own mother’s son.

21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;

You thought that I was altogether like you;

But I will rebuke you,

And set them in order before your eyes.

22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,

Lest I tear you in pieces,

And there be none to deliver:

23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;

And to him who orders his conduct aright

I will show the salvation of God.”

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I believe Father is saying to those who persist in rejecting Jesus in favor of their own perceived control over their lives – “I’ve told you in My Word what would happen if you chose pride and selfishness over My ways, so be prepared to deal with the consequences!” He’s surely been more than a fair and righteous and patient God, thank You Jesus!

He also is encouraging those of us who seek out His ways! He honors those who honor Him - we have no reason to fear His wrath, even if we’re still struggling with one sin or another – that’s why they’re called strongholds of the enemy! God knows this is the nature we live in, and is loving on us in ways we don’t yet even perceive! What a merciful, patient, giving Lord we serve!!