DAY 92 Read Judges 20 and 21.
Today's reading: The sad chronicle of Israel's "ups and downs" under the judges ends on a "down," with the repeated alibi that "every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
Memory gem: "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12).
Thought for today:
The night was very dark. The road was unfamiliar. In fact, it was a wild, lonely road which became rougher and rougher as we proceeded. We were in the far, wild, mountainous interior of New Mexico. We had left the main highway, making a detour of forty or fifty miles, to enjoy some very fine scenery and interesting wonders of nature, intending to get back onto the main highway farther west. But we were disappointed. The road wound around hills and forests and lava flows for many weary miles--in some places deep in mud; in others, rugged with stones.
Now it was late at night, and suddenly, as we approached a dry arroyo, the road simply ended. A flash flood had washed out the bridge and cut a deep canyon, which yawned in front of us not twenty feet beyond the car in which we were riding. This was the end of our journey for that day. Here we had to spend the night and pick our way out of trouble the next morning in the light of day. The highway, though longer, would have been better. It was safer, faster, more certain. The obvious lesson of this experience is, If you want to arrive at your destination, keep on the highway.
Every one of us is a traveler. We are all going somewhere, fast. Every human being is on the highway traveling from yesterday toward tomorrow. Unfortunately, many are not on God's highway. Millions are wandering on byways, twisting and turning through the darkness toward Destination Unknown.
Let us open the Holy Scriptures and read a highway text found in Proverbs 16:17: "The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul."
Today's reading: The sad chronicle of Israel's "ups and downs" under the judges ends on a "down," with the repeated alibi that "every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
Memory gem: "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12).
Thought for today:
The night was very dark. The road was unfamiliar. In fact, it was a wild, lonely road which became rougher and rougher as we proceeded. We were in the far, wild, mountainous interior of New Mexico. We had left the main highway, making a detour of forty or fifty miles, to enjoy some very fine scenery and interesting wonders of nature, intending to get back onto the main highway farther west. But we were disappointed. The road wound around hills and forests and lava flows for many weary miles--in some places deep in mud; in others, rugged with stones.
Now it was late at night, and suddenly, as we approached a dry arroyo, the road simply ended. A flash flood had washed out the bridge and cut a deep canyon, which yawned in front of us not twenty feet beyond the car in which we were riding. This was the end of our journey for that day. Here we had to spend the night and pick our way out of trouble the next morning in the light of day. The highway, though longer, would have been better. It was safer, faster, more certain. The obvious lesson of this experience is, If you want to arrive at your destination, keep on the highway.
Every one of us is a traveler. We are all going somewhere, fast. Every human being is on the highway traveling from yesterday toward tomorrow. Unfortunately, many are not on God's highway. Millions are wandering on byways, twisting and turning through the darkness toward Destination Unknown.
Let us open the Holy Scriptures and read a highway text found in Proverbs 16:17: "The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul."
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