We so easily want to think so highly of the things God created when in fact without God there would be nothing. This part of the book of Romans always makes me think and pray because it reminds me of how easy it is for me to get caught up in the world and what seems good to me. When we get caught up in our own desires God is not going to force us to repent and turn to Him, He will show us things always but will not force our hand to choose what is right. He will let us fall on our faces and keep us learning, so we can grow, but His desires is for us to seek all that He has for us so that we are steadfast and true with our love for Him. Anyone can love when things are going perfect and there are no problems, but can we love when the going gets tough? That's why God doesn't force us to know His Son.
When you read the next verses pray about what it says and don't get caught up in what the world wants you to believe. Romans chapter 1 verses 26-29, “That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.” As soon as we put our eyes on the physical and let's our passion for things take over it trickles down in all aspect of our lives. We start to struggle when God's word challenges us to live the right way because we have let what we want to be right control us. As we try and control our lives by our feelings we get caught up in the created instead of the creator and we get mad when we read the truth in His word or someone try's to hold us accountable for a way we are living. We look at what the word says about our sin and forget that it can open the door for many fleshly desires. It is our minds that have to be renewed daily so we don't get caught in the trap of seeking out only the things we want from God's word.
When we feel we are doing something right, we close our mind to what is true, and if we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior then we should believe that all the word is 100 percent true. 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 says, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.” Our way of thinking, because of what God has created, is where we loose focus and how we bring in our desires as our truth. Remember what it said in Romans chapter 1 verse 29 “Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.” It might not just stop at one, we start to turn off sound advice and we start to get mad at what we know is truth. This is why Romans chapter 12 verse 2 is something we should say over and over and never let it leave our thinking. “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Let the creator, who is perfect, be where our focus is and remember that the created wouldn't be here if it weren't for God. Amen