Everything?

 

Does God’s Word apply to everything?

At 2 PM almost any day of the week there is a line at Starbucks at least 12 cars long near where I live. I know this because as I am leaving my most convenient shopping center I can count the cars while at the traffic light.

I often wonder where people are coming from or going to that a long wait for an expensive cup of bitter coffee (give me DD any day) does not matter to their time. Then I realize that I just choose to waste my time in different ways. This thinking has gotten me wondering about what God thinks of the things on which I waste my time.

Wondering what the Bible says about it, I am confident that it says something,

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:15-16)

It is hard to imagine how many things the Bible addresses that the average Christian hasn’t seen. Early in the “Pandemic” it was pointed out in a sermon that according to God’s Word only the people with symptoms were quarantined (Leviticus 13:46), not the healthy. Many Christians (me included) did not think to look at that.

Think about the issues we frequently face:

• It is the experience for some of my  friends that a large portion of the people they talk to at abortion mills claim to be Christians who are sure God will forgive them for murdering their babies. God looks for true repentance, not planned repentance. Exodus 20:13, 21:21-22
• Going into business with an unbeliever. 2 Corinthians 6:14
• Marrying an angry man (you will not change him). Proverbs 22:24, 29:22
• What authority has God delegated to civil authorities? What does Romans 13 mean when it talks about “ministers to you for good?” Romans 13:1-4
• The discipline of our children. Proverbs 13:24, 22:15, Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21

God’s Word truly has something to say about every aspect of our lives on earth. Not looking into what it says leaves us facing God’s curses. These might be small curses like waiting in a long line for an expensive cup of bitter coffee or larger curses like being sold into exile (Deuteronomy 11:26-28).

By taking every decision to the Bible, from finances to medical decisions, we can find a principle set down by our Creator to guide our thinking and our actions. Obeying the Word of God brings a promised blessing (Deuteronomy 11:26-28).

When we rebel against God by not listening to His Word, or assuming His Word has nothing to say about an issue, we risk His response of not listening to us. This is a fearful place to be but one where I think we find ourselves.

Will you and I – will America – seek His guidance by searching His Word? It is the clearest path to God’s blessings, which we desperately need.