Bin Laden
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? (Ezekiel 33:11)
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:31)
Because of the announcement last night by the President that America’s most sought terrorist Osama Bin Laden has been killed, I feel as though I should devote this devotional today to this event. God, in these passages, and in many others, shows how He feels about the death of those that are lost. It is easy to say at this point that this man was the worst sinner on the planet, but, we are all sinners in God’s sight and deserve His judgement just as much as this man. The only real difference is that (if I speak to blood-washed, born again believers in the finished work of Christ) is that we have come to God His way, the way that God has given us, and this man did not. What I just said is the matter of contention isn’t it? However, if true (and it is) we Christians would do the world (not to mention dishonoring our Lord) a grave disservice to say that we are all going to the same place, we are simply taking different ways to God. While it is certain that Mr. Bin Laden is reaping what he has sowed, and very few of us will mourn for him, nor do I deny that justice has been served, let us realize the heart of God as he has expressed in his word: God has no pleasure in this, neither should we.