Judges 15:13 - 1 Samuel 2:29
Judges 17:6 & 21:25
"Everyone did as he saw fit" (NIV)
"Everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (NASB)
An accurate, but sad commentary on the status of this world.
We treat life like a buffet line at a Chinese Restaurant or Golden Corral. I'll take a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Unfortunately, the reason there is so little difference in lifestyles between believers and unbelievers is that we make the same choices in the Buffet of Life. We have similar divorce rates. We max out our credit cards. We watch the same immoral TV shows and movies. We use the same language. No wonder people aren't knocking on the door to come in and join.
What is wrong with the world today can be summed up in the fact that everyone does what is right in their own eyes.
"I'll do what I please."
Scripture has a commentary on that, too.
Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."
Unfortunately, gourging at the Buffet of Life can make one sick. The ways that we have chosen lead to death and destruction. But God gives us Jesus as a Deliverer (Judges), a kinsman-redeemer (Ruth), and a High Priest (1 Samuel).
John 14:6
"I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me"
Once we enter through the door, we enter into our rest with God. We have peace with God and access to His guidance. This should make our lives different because instead of "everything I please" it's "all for the glory of God." Instead of serving myself, I am serving God first and then others.
Deuteronomy 12:8-9 (NLT)
"Today you are doing whatever you please, but that is not how it will be when you arrive in the place of rest the Lord your God is giving you.
As believers there should be only one way: God's way. My prayer is for your endurance during these 90 days. Because by the end, What to choose at the Buffet of Life will become a lot simpler and clear. (notice I did not say easy)
As for me, I think I'll step away from the buffet.
I've heard of a place to eat down the street that serves the same meal every day. From what I hear, you will never be hungry again.
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