Scripture would agree that we tend to live as if we were God. We tend to live by our own insight, our own wisdom, our own sense of justice, our own short-sighted desires. We tend to allow passions to overwhelm us.
We are drawn to that which we believe to be good, true, and beauty. We tell ourselves, "This person will make me happy. That job will bail me out. These material possessions will satisfy me."
But, without God's wisdom, we easily go astray, and catastrophe and pain are usually the result. And then we blame God, thinking in our hearts that He is against us and that we will always be "cursed" somehow.
None of this behavior is because we are evil or wicked. We're just very complex beings within any number of complex relationships. We can be like boats tossed around my stormy weather.
David Goa tells us, “We are always deceived around something which appears to be good, or true, or beautiful. And it isn’t. And it’s always death-dealing. It’s always bringing us out of communion, out of reality.”
In all of this, the essence of our being does not change. We are in the image and likeness of God. We were created to reflect His goodness, His truth, and His beauty. When we pay attention to what we pay attention to, we will have taken the first step to choosing wisely.
Finally, Paul prayed for us in Eph. 3: "I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions."
We have everything we need for life and godliness. Don't be deceived otherwise by shiny objects around you that aren't the real thing.
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