Ezekiel 18:21-23
“But a wicked person who turns his back on that life of sin and keeps all my statutes, living a just and righteous life, he’ll live, really live. He won’t die. I won’t keep a list of all the things he did wrong. He will live. Do you think I take any pleasure in the death of wicked men and women? Isn’t it my pleasure that they turn around, no longer living wrong but living right—really living?”
“But if wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my decrees and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die. All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they have done. Do you think that I like to see wicked people die says the Sovereign Lord. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.”
God loves us enough to pay attention to what we are doing, each one of us, every moment. We don’t have to stand on our hands to get it. This is because he wants us to really live. Whether we do or not is up to us.
Lord, I want to really live. Help me when I don’t live like it.