Going
My Way
“They
soon forget His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert. And He
gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. (Psalm 106:15)
Going My Way is a 1944 Bing Crosby classic where he played benevolent
Father O’Malley who did not abuse anyone but saved a convent from
debt. Burger King’s advertising slogan is that we can have it our
way. Even Frank Sinatra used to sing in his song My Way, “the record
shows, I took the blows and did it my way.”
Sometimes
God will let us do things our way, only to let us deal with the less-than-satisfactory
consequences of our actions based on the flesh. When we insist on having
something or seeing someone that God in His infinite wisdom has withheld
to protect us because the timing is not right or God has something better
or whatever, He steps back and says, “OK, have it your way, but
since this not Burger King, you won’t have a Whopper of a time.”
The
Bible says that because the children of Israel forgot His works, did
not wait for His counsel, lusted exceedingly, and tested God in the
desert, He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul
and kept them wandering in spiritual malnutrition in the desert for
40 years. Because of their sins and rebellion, an 11 day journey to
the Promise Land takes 40 years for one generation to pass away.
When God called Moses to deliver the children of Israel, he decided
to do it his way by committing A Not So Perfect Murder. Moses saw an
Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave, but instead of consulting God he took
matters into his own hands by killing the Egyptian and buried him in
the sand. Moses “looked this way and that way” (Exodus 2:12),
but he never looked up to God. God had to teach Moses that he had to
take orders from Him.
After
Moses tried to hide the work of his flesh, God allowed it to be exposed
to show Moses that by doing things his way, he couldn’t keep a single
soldier buried in sand, but was banished to the backside of the Midian
desert for 40 years. But by doing things God’s way with his shepherd’s
staff, he was able to part the Red Sea, deliver Israel from destruction
and bury the entire Egyptian army including Pharaoh with chariots, horses
and all. In the kingdom of God, there is only God’s way or the highway,
but this highway will only lead us to either Mad Max or the Road to Perdition.
Just Do It, but do it God’s way and not Nike’s way, so we can
get on the Highway to Heaven without any help from Michael Landon.
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