“I Know What the Bible Says, But …” September 11
“I know what the Bible says, but …”
How are you tempted to finish that sentence?
Maybe we would never say outright that we know better than God. Yet every time we know what His Word says and decide our circumstances, feelings, desires, or reasoning justify doing something different, that’s essentially what we’re saying.
In Isaiah, we get a glimpse of Lucifer’s prideful desire: “I will be like the Most High.” And in the Garden, Satan tempted Eve with the same idea: “You will be like God.”
The temptation hasn’t changed. We still want the right to decide for ourselves what is best, what is right, and which parts of God’s Word apply to us.
But our choices don’t affect only us. Paul told the Corinthians that believers are living epistles—letters being read by the people around us. So what is the letter of your life saying about God? Does it say His Word can be trusted and obeyed—or does it say, “I know what God says, but I know better”?
