Recently I took matters into my own hands. How often (and for me, sadly, most
often) we tend to look at problems, plan a strategy and run ahead to solve them
ourselves. We, and I’m talking
here to Christians, can quote verses from scripture, great sayings of Godly men
and take copious notes from great sermons. But the living it out, well, that’s for everyone else. We piously gripe about situation ethics
and yet we lean toward that philosophy ourselves when the going gets
rough. It’s hard to live out
holiness, Godly love, and Biblical principles. It’s HARD!!
I confess my recent squeeze from the world revealed more
about my character than I can bear.
The pressure from the problem is gone…yes, I took the matter into my own
hands and did not submit to authority.
When guiltily I confessed, the answer back was, “Well, you did what you
wanted.” OUCH!! And believe me, that’s not a flippant
ouch but an agonizing, gut-wrenching ouch. And immediately, this verse came to mind: “In those days
there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
Judges 21:25 We have a KING. He has given us the plan and it’s the
best plan. When will I ever learn?
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