‘In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.’
Judges 21:25
I’m learning.
And.
God.
Has been.
Faithful.
In.
Teaching me.
That.
I can’t.
Do.
Whatever.
I want.
I must.
Serve.
The Lord!
And.
Do what.
Is.
Right.
In.
His eyes!
Look.
As I.
Finished.
Reading.
The Book.
Of.
Judges.
The above verse.
Was.
Repeated.
Several times.
Through.
The Book.
Also.
Every time.
God.
Exalted.
A judge.
To.
Deliver.
Israel.
From.
The hands.
Of.
Their enemies.
They went.
Back.
Into.
Doing evil.
In.
The sight.
Of.
The Lord.
‘Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord , and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. ‘
Judges 10:6
However.
When.
They wept.
And.
Cried out.
To.
The Lord.
He heard.
Their cry.
And.
Delivered them!
‘And the children of Israel said to the Lord , “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord . And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.’
Judges 10:15-16
This back.
And.
Forth.
Persisted.
Throughout.
The Book.
Of.
Judges.
Where.
Israel would.
Sin.
And.
Not.
Serve.
The Lord.
And.
God.
Would.
Allow them.
To be.
Slaves.
In.
Their own land.
Then.
God.
Would.
Deliver them!
Ultimately.
This.
Convicted me.
To.
Check myself.
And.
Inventory.
My life.
To expose.
What areas.
Am I.
Not.
Trusting God.
In.
Because.
It’s uncomfortable.
When.
The truth.
Hits you!
And.
Your behavior.
Is.
Not pleasing.
To God.
We all.
Think.
What.
We are.
Doing.
Is right.
But.
Is it.
Aligned.
With.
God’s word?
‘There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.’
Proverbs 14:12
God’s word.
Is.
The truth.
And.
I pray.
That you.
Align.
Your life.
To it!
Also.
I pray.
That you.
Don’t
Go astray.
By
Rejecting.
The truth.
Because.
Doing.
Your own thing.
Will lead.
To.
Your own.
Ruin!
I love you!
And.
I pray your day is blessed!
In Jesus name, Amen!
