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The sins we choose can’t rescue us
Judges 10:13-14 ESV
“Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”
The Israelites seem to fall in the same cycle. As the years pass, they get further from the last major miracle and God’s covenant. This causes them to slip into worshiping local gods and there are always harsh consequences.
I looked up why the Israelites kept falling into a path that separated them from god and it was pretty relatable to today. They were assimilating with other cultures and fell into pressures to be more like them. The rules for the local gods were more relaxed, so it was easier to follow those guidelines than that of the covenant. These gods made promises like prosperity and fertility and their practices involved immorality and sensuality (info from the web).
Our Lord wants to give us so much, but he also requires a lot. The world around us says that He wants too much and to just join in what is fun around you and all will be happier and more content. But the end result is usually the opposite.
If you went to college, think about that first month you were gone and all the rules of living with your parents just changed. Think about all of the things you did to fit in with everyone around you. At that point, your perception of right or wrong was altered because of everything that you watched around you. You don’t want to be ostracized so you will loosen your morals to go with the flow. Little by little, you engage in more activities that create distance from where you started and what you know to be right. After enough time passes, it just becomes a part of you.
In all of those activities that I engage in, what happens if I am in crisis? They go on and I find myself stuck. Every sin and comfort that I have run to never breathed life into me. It is always temporary and then fleeting.
We may not be worshiping a Pagan god, but there are things in your life that slowly try to take your attention away from the Lord. God told the Israelites to go elsewhere for salvation because they know that in the end, those other things have no real power.
I pray to keep a close eye on my mind and my actions today. What is pulling me away from God and what is pulling me closer? There is always a choice and I will work to walk towards the goal.
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The sins we choose can’t rescue us
