9/24 No Justification For Wrong

Deuteronomy 1:26-27

“Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.”

What a wicked statement the people of God made in this verse, all to justify rebelling against the commandment of the LORD. The justification of their rebellion against God was that God brought them into the wilderness because He hated them. Now think of how foolish and ludicrous this statement is. God chose them out of all the countries of the earth to be His people, and He hated them? God stood up against Pharaoh in the land of Egypt to deliver them from him, and He hated them? God gave them manna from Heaven every day for food to eat, and He hated them? God gave them shelter from the heat and the cold, and He hated them? God spoke to them audibly from Heaven like He had spoken to no other country or people before or since, and He hated them? On and on we could go to explain what God did for Israel because He loved them and because they were His chosen people. Now for them to say that God hated them so they could justify rebelling against His commandments was nothing more than a poor excuse.

Yet, over and over again Christians constantly come up with poor excuses of why they do wrong. We can all, if we really wanted to, come up with poor excuses of why we want to rebel against God's commandments. We could all justify why we do wrong, but our justification is never a good excuse.

We must be careful that we do not justify our rebellion against God by placing the blame on God and what He supposedly has not done for us. Always remember, there is no justifiable reason to do wrong, especially blaming God.

Instead of blaming God for why we do wrong, why not stand up to our wrong and accept our responsibility. If we will do this, then God will be more willing to help us. As long as we try to justify our wrong, we are only stirring the wrath of God against us. Don't be a person who tries to justify your wrong with foolish excuses. Be a person who faces the wrong that you have done and get it right so that you can move on and have God’s blessings again.