God's Way

The Bible is full of stories about how the people did it their own way and what happened as a result. We constantly want to do things "My way", but God has a clear direction. We can see this play out in Genesis at the beginning.

• God created man and woman, He gave them one instruction, do not eat from the tree of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). They did what they wanted and ate from the tree and as a result of the actions they had to pay for that. 
• The people lacked faith in God when Moses went to receive the 10 commandments and when he left, they started to doubt and raised started worshiping idols. Exodus 32:2-10
• God instructed the people of Israel to send spies into the land Canaan, it was the promise land. But the people did not trust God and as a result, they ended up wandering the desert for 40 more years. Numbers 13-14

The list goes on and I can illustrate more of how the Israelite's turned their back on God time and time again, but God is so faithful and just. He did not turn His back on them. He was there with them through it all, He continued to pour out His love on them regardless of it, but look at what the Israelite's had to endure for their disregard for the way God said to do things? God was very clear to them, just as He is very clear to us.

If you are a parent, you might have heard these words, "I do what I want to do and no one can tell me different!!" or maybe you have said them yourself. God is clear about those very words in the Bible, He has said we should do what He calls us to do. He has a clear direction of what we are to do, He has a clear direction of what we are not to do, He is clear about every aspect of life, but we have to be in the word of God to see this. 

We must read the word of God not just to learn from what others have done, but also to allow God to speak to us through the word. If we have the idea that it is just a waste of time, that is just like the Israelite's in Exodus, they didn't want to wait on God, they did what they wanted to do. Or in Numbers, they said it was too difficult to take the promised land, they did not trust God, they ended up wandering in the desert for 40 more years. The illustrations of God are in the Bible, throughout the Bible, but it takes us reading it. We do not just learn, but we bring glory to God in doing so, because we want to learn from His Word, we want to learn what He says. The Bible is God's truths poured out onto us through His word, but we must read it to know it. 

The excuse of I never knew is gone, because the truth of the Bible is right there for you. Are you in His word asking Him to speak to you? Instead of just reading it as something you feel you might have to do, read it to bring God glory.