WE DID IT OUR WAY

 “God made man simple;

Man’s complex problems are of his own devising.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29

When I read the consequences of not acknowledging and listening to God, I wonder if it was worth the price.  The news is loaded with man’s complex problems and the world is suffering on every level; environmentally, politically, and socially.  Was it really worth it just to be able to say, “We did it our way?” 

The Scriptures are clear about the warnings and the consequences.  Humanity has no excuse and must take the responsibility of putting the world in the condition it is in today.  Abandoning God and building our own cisterns was not the way to go, and now we are reaping what we have sown.

What are the consequences of leaving our comfortable home and striking out on our own?  They are many and they are huge.  “They shall call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me but will not find me.  They shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices” (Proverbs 1:25-31).   “They will become futile in their own thinking; their foolish hearts will be darkened.  Claiming to be wise they became fools…God gave them up to the lust of their hearts, dishonorable passions, to a debased mind; they were filled with all manner of unrighteousness” (Romans 1:21-32).  There is a list of the unrighteousness mentioned and it looks like the contents of what fills our newspapers and TV news.  All humanity is guilty of one or more things on this list.

So my query is, would it have been so bad to keep God around and actually live as He wanted us to live?  I for one don’t think so.  I find this world to be a very sad and scary place to live, even as one who has not abandoned God and delights to follow His ways.  So many folks surround me who are in such bad straits and sad circumstances.  The environment suffers greatly from man’s greed; our political situation is a laughing stock and the same time a danger to the world; society suffers on every level from the violence and hostility we show to one another.  I believe God had answers and solutions that would have affected all of these for the good.

Was it really worth the price we are paying just to be able to say,

“We did it our way?”