Will Man Contend With God Forever?

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” Genesis 3:6

Parents love us, they discipline us. They do it for our own good and, obviously, we don't always like that. They always want us to come back home and sometimes, they overprotect us. So we pull away from them, we run behind girlfriends, boyfriends, friends in general, because they seem more reasonable and fun. We get very angry when our parents do not like the person we want to get married with. We get flustered when they come to our new homes to tell us how we should clean, raise our children, and how to live or lives in general.

Will man contend with God forever? Then with anger, we cut all ties with our family, we harden our hearts and get filled with hate. We make terrible choices and we have no one wise to guide us through the hard times we have bestowed upon ourselves. Then we get fearful to not be received when we are in need of some help. We don't ask for forgiveness, each passing day we remember them less and less.

They, who love us no matter what, send us gifts, calls, texts, they even send a brother or family member too remind us that, no matter what they will always be there for us. But we can't go back. We have gone too far. We still have strength in our bones to go on.

Will man contend with God forever?  The day comes, we have no more strength left. We want to die, to wither away. There is no point in living anymore. Then we remember the parents that, left the door open and extended their arms to us numerous times. When we go back, there is not a single reproach. With their love, they start piecing us back together and they love s and nurse us back to health

Will man contend with God forever? It is wishful thinking to believe that man could contend with God for as long as man could contend with another man. God created you, loved you, and forgave you. He sent His only Son Jesus, to find you and remind you that, no matter what you have done, He loves you and you can get right back home to the Father through the Son. It does not matter if you do not have a good relationship with your earthly parents. Psalm 27:10 says: "For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in."

You can get back to your Father, did you hear that?. Don't turn your face away because of shame. Your tank is empty. You wonder if it's true, if the  door is still open.“Seek the Lord while he may be found;call upon him while he is near;let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:6-8

Remember your Father has called you, he sent Jesus. Remember His Law is good, and for our own protection. The door was left open with His sacrifice in the cross. He went to heaven to prepare a home for you. You might be thinking you are too much of a sinner to receive redemption. Or maybe it was ages ago when you last spoke to the Lord. 

Will man contend with God forever? Then with a new wind, you call upon the name of Jesus and accept His sacrifice on the cross and accept Him as Lord. Your Father receives you with open arms, He forgives you, he renews your strength, and gives you a new heart. 

Do not wait, re conciliate. Before the time if reconciliation is no more. Before death surprises you or the second coming of our Lord flabbergasts you.

Will man contend forever with God? No, of course not. "For I will not contend forever,  nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made." Isaiah 57:16