"because you have listened to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do [what is] right in the eyes of the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 13:18
Moses had just finished giving the Israelites a list of tough, uncompromising laws from God, laws that to many people may have seemed unnecessarily harsh, even unreasonable. So Moses finished by saying, "Keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do {what is} right in the eyes of the LORD your God". In other words: just trust Him on these.
A number of things Jesus says in the New Testament--such as loving your enemies, or refusing to take revenge on those who wrong you--may seem illogical as well. So what do you do? Many Christians opt to simply ignore Christ's hard sayings and follow their own common sense, fulfilling Proverbs 21:2, which says, "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes."
But just because something seems right doesn't mean it is right. Proverbs 14:12 warns, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Not surprisingly, God tells you, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).
Prayer: Father, help me to trust You and do what's right in Your eyes, not what's right in my own sight. Help me to follow Your ways, not my own.
Moses had just finished giving the Israelites a list of tough, uncompromising laws from God, laws that to many people may have seemed unnecessarily harsh, even unreasonable. So Moses finished by saying, "Keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do {what is} right in the eyes of the LORD your God". In other words: just trust Him on these.
A number of things Jesus says in the New Testament--such as loving your enemies, or refusing to take revenge on those who wrong you--may seem illogical as well. So what do you do? Many Christians opt to simply ignore Christ's hard sayings and follow their own common sense, fulfilling Proverbs 21:2, which says, "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes."
But just because something seems right doesn't mean it is right. Proverbs 14:12 warns, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Not surprisingly, God tells you, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).
Prayer: Father, help me to trust You and do what's right in Your eyes, not what's right in my own sight. Help me to follow Your ways, not my own.