“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his goings.'”
Don’t you agree that it is a sobering thought that God sees everything that we do? That is what our text reveals. It is even goes on to say that “He ponders (our) goings.” This can also be translated the Lord “examines all our ways.” That is even more sobering – at least it is to me. Be honest, it is sobering to you too. (lol, or “oh me.”) What does God see in our lives? (I will use “you” with the understanding that I’m including myself.) Does God see you making excuses for making bad decisions? What I mean by this is, does God see you making decisions that are obviously not in His will for your life? A decision to sin is always a bad decision. We are faced with these decisions every hour on the hour, minute on the minute, or second on the second. Our eyes are bombarded with sinful scenes today everywhere we turn. That is why we need the leadership of the Holy Spirit every minute of the day. I do not mean that we need to obsess about this, but I mean that we need to stay prayed up and read up enough to turn our eyes, minds, and bodies from sinful decisions. (Don’t you agree that this makes us glad that God is a forgiving God?) This leads me to, instead of making excuses for bad decisions, let’s just ask for God’s forgiveness, accept His forgiveness be thankful that He does forgive. Does God see you making excuses for being quiet when you should speak up, and for talking when you should keep quiet. This is a two-edged sword. Let’s just say that there are times when we should speak up for Jesus, and then there are times that we should “shut up for Jesus.” We need to speak up when it is obvious that we can do some good; on the other hand, we need to shut up if what we say will only lead to a meaningless argument. Here again, we need to seek the leadership of the Holy Spirit, and speak up when He prompts us and stay quiet when He does not. We also need to pray that we will be wise enough to know the difference. I will deal briefly with this final point: Does God see you making excuses for bad behavior. There is bad behavior that is just plain old sin, and there is bad behavior that may not be sinful but is useless, and doesn’t do any good. Hey, you know what bad behavior is….stay away from it. (Please understand that I mean me too!!) Amen, Selah, and oh me. Bro. Joe
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