Our Way or God's Way

Proverbs 21: 2-3, "People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices" (NLT). It appears that the culture of our world is pushing the idea of individual rights and with these rights comes the authority to make decisions with regards to what is right and wrong. Certainly each of us were created with a free will and this free will affords us the opportunity to make decisions concerning the direction of our lives. But we must remember that with this freedom of decision comes responsibility. We have the responsibility to make the correct decision and according to our scripture text God will examine those decisions and the intentions of those decisions. We need to understand the seriousness of our decisions. Has our society become so casual in our decisions regarding our way of living that we are failing to consult God's Word for the proper direction for our lives? Do we depend on our own thinking, our own analysis, and our own ideas so much that we have forgotten to seek the direction of God? Do we depend on the opinion of others more than we follow the leading of the Spirit? The Word still declares that God is pleased when we do what is right and just. We must reestablish the desire in our hearts to do what is right and pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. It is so easy to fall into the trap of satan and fail to understand that God is going to require us to give an account of the decisions of life that we have made. I want my life to reflect "good decisions" that reveal my love for God and my love for those that God has placed around me.