Observations:
1. Your
consequences always outweigh
your choices. Israel made
one choice, but that
one choice had at least three
major consequences.
2. Your
consequences, though hard to accept and deal with, have a built-in
blessing. Those who are
smart will let their
consequences drive them toward
God. Don't be the
one who gets pulled away further because of bitterness or
stubbornness. If it's already not
going well with you, why would
you aggravate things
by continuing to exclude
God?
3. Your
consequences last longer
than your choices. How long did
it take for Israel to do “evil
in the sight of the Lord”
– enough that He had to respond? We're not told, but let's guess and say it was a year's worth
of consistent, provocative, outrageous behavior. How long was the consequence for such violation? “...and
the LORD
gave
them
into the hands of Midian seven
years”
(Judg.
6:1b). It might be that God repaid Israel seven times.
Tomorrow's post will contain application for our lives.
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