We heard of yet another school shooting this week.
Have you ever wondered why?
We hear that there have been 130 shootings across our nation this year alone.
Today, March 29,2023 is the 88th day of this year. That is more than one a day.
Have you ever wondered why?
I certainly have. What follows is some personal thoughts that came to me just last night.
My first thought was, ‘Some people seem to be doing what they want to do.” We have seen this in young misbehaving children. We read of it when we read of ‘road rage’ incidents.
My next thought was, “People are doing what is right in their own eyes.” I have heard this before. I realized it was from a sermon I heard many years ago. I checked and found that Moses said it once, and Samuel said it two times.
Deuteronomy 12:8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes— “
‘Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
During the time of the Judges, when a judge was in charge, the Israelites followed God’s word. However, after each judges passed away, the people of the nation returned to doing what each of them wanted to do. They followed the habits and customs of their heathen neighbors.
My next thought was: “ Is that what we presently see played out in our world today?” Have we not taught our children about the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule? Have we, as children of God, decided that we know better than He what is the best to do in certain situations?
Whenever, a follower of Jesus used to mess up, someone would say, “And he/she is a Christian?” Usually, the next words we would hear went something like this, “If that is Christianity, I want no part of it.”
It seems to me that what we presently see going on in our world today could be brought on by our own ignoring of God’s rules.
What I now wonder is: “Is it too late for us to repent of our sins and seek God’s forgiveness?”
