"...because the Lord desired to kill them." Say What?

1 Samuel 2:22-25(NKJV)

22Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, £and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 

23So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. 

24No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord’S people transgress. 

25If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.

Just to fill this out a bit, Eli was a direct descendant of Aaron and as a result was the High Priest and Judge of Israel.  Eli's sons were very corrupt.  Eli wasn't a very strong man and so while he would chide his sons to do better he wouldn't force the issue. 

Here is what I find interesting.  We so often hear about how God is all love etc. and I believe that is true.  But today it seems that churches teach us that God will love us all completely and unquestioningly forever, no matter what.  Well according to this Scripture that isn't true. 

In this case Eli's kids ticked God off to the point that "the Lord desired to kill them".  I find the use of the word "desire" here to be an interesting choice.  God didn't just want to kill them, He "desired" to kill them.  Desire is described as a wish, a longing, a craving.  It's more than just wanting to.  It says very clearly that because He was so ticked off, He made sure the kids wouldn't listen to Eli ( which I find a little weird because it calls into question the whole free will thing but we'll leave that for another time). 

So in essence, God wrote those kids off.  Enough is enough.  Apparently you can go to far even for God.  That isn't the picture most of us have of God but there it is. 

So here's a question.  How do we know God hasn't written us off?  Well have you accepted Jesus yet?  If you have then you already know the answer to that question.  But what if you haven't accepted Jesus yet.  How do you know if God has written you off or not?

Here is the answer.  Are you ready?  You know that little voice deep inside that is leading you to seek answers and read blogs like this?  You know that longing that you have deep inside?  That felling that there is more out there?  That longing to connect?

Where do you think that is coming from?  If God didn't still want you He wouldn't be trying to lead you to Him.  However the next step is up to you.  Are you ready?  All you need to do is respond by accepting Jesus.  Just have a conversation with Jesus and ask Him to come into your life.  Something like this.  "Dear Jesus…."