April 29
We live in an age that is growing ever more lawless. Man has always had a proclivity toward rebellion against authority but it was once held in check by the constraints of community and family pressure to conform to an appropriate, societally acceptable, standard of behavior.
The desire to remain within appropriate boundaries of behavior, the requirement of living up to a generally accepted standard is no longer imposed upon anyone. Our society has given us the license to do our own thing. There will be no finger pointing, no hint of disapproval. We have become entities unto ourselves and the attitude is, “I’m OK; you’re OK.”
Well, I may be OK in your eyes as long as I don’t attempt to impose my standard upon you, and you may be fine in my opinion as long as you don’t try to shove your choices down my throat—but neither your assent nor mine are the ultimate standard of approval that we will be measured by. And, yes, there will be a day of accounting even though our society has dismissed it.
Ultimately, God has not changed. He remains constant in spite of the ebb and flow of societal mores, in spite of the ever-changing, ever diminishing standards of man who is steeped in sin. In Haggai 1:5, the Lord Almighty makes a simple yet sobering assertion. He says, “Give careful thought to your ways.” If we as individuals or as a people neglect to do so, we will find those ways found wanting on His eternal day of reckoning.
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