Isaiah 48:17 “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Throughout the Old Testament the nation of Israel proved to be a stubborn, stiff-necked people. In Chapter 48, the prophet Isaiah is voicing God’s reminders of what He has said to them and done for them in the past. Above we see a key reminder that we can apply to ourselves as well.
God was and is and ever shall be. He knows all things that can be known and yet we still strain at the leash and want to run ahead as if we know the way to go. He attempts to teach us that which is in our best interests yet we barely pay attention, believing in our hearts that we know exactly what we are doing. Sadly, this is rarely the truth, if ever. We, as the people of God, believe in our hearts far too often that we can find our own way and know what is best for us. We cannot know. We are too easily drawn to the baubles and bangles of this life. Even the most focused individual struggles to stay on the course of their own choosing, stopping all along the way to dabble in diversions. We find it hard to comprehend and therefore pay no mind to the fact that God truly does know us better than we could ever hope to know ourselves and definitely has our best interests at heart. However, seeking, waiting and knowing God takes time and we simply aren’t willing to wait.
Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.”
Proverbs 21:2 (NLT) “All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.”
Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.”
Unfortunately for mankind, they take far too many things in the Bible as mere suggestions, or statements that are from mortal men rather than God Himself. Solomon, in all His wisdom, authored the Proverbs for our instruction and spiritual growth, yet we barely give them a cursory glance, feeling God can’t possibly know what our circumstances are. We forget where we came from and rely on our own intellect to accomplish those tasks that confront us. It’s God who created us and God who wishes to assist us in this life. If we fail to realize this we will stumble through life unfulfilled and ill at ease. Believe in God or don’t, but don’t say you believe and then ignore His directives. Being a Christian isn’t simply going to church on Sundays or any other day for that matter. Being a Christian is to allow God to alter your life and your lifestyle from the inside out each day of your life on this earth. Christ didn’t die for us to live as we choose, but rather for us to choose to live for Him.
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