Once the Children of Israel took over the land of Canaan, life was good. It was a land “flowing with milk and honey.” They had homes and barns and flocks and vineyards and orchards. Life became very easy for God’s chosen people. But as we’ve seen before in the story of man that’s found in the Bible, when life gets easy, we tend to forget how much we need God.
During the 350 years that we read about in the book of Judges, over and over the Children of Israel put God to the test by doing things their own way instead of God’s way. And over and over we see how God let them suffer the consequences of their foolish choices until they turned back to Him.
Isn’t that so typical of us humans? When life is good it’s very easy to just go about our day-to-day lives in our own strength. Doing our own thing in our own way. But when life gets hard, we cry out to God for His help. Thankfully, in God’s mercy and love He doesn’t give up on us. He doesn’t lose patience with us. When we reach out to Him, He’s there waiting to help us.
I would like to challenge you to change that pattern. Instead of waiting for trouble to come along before you seek God’s help, try waking up each morning and giving your day to God. Ask Him to lead you and to help you follow His leading… even when life is good.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.