Coffee With The Lord

Just finished reading one of the most difficult and disturbing parts of the Bible this morning… Joshua 19-21. It tells the revolting story of a culture without a moral compass. It seems like almost every ethical principle and moral norm imaginable is violated in the account! (I could describe it and tell the story but it is too graphic and disgusting for this venue. Read it for yourself and keep in mind this is an historical account, not fiction – it actually happened!).
The story begins to end with this incredible… no, more than that, this absolutely irrational scene: “And the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. And they said, ‘O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel!?”
Why has this happened?! How absolutely stupid and silly! The last verse of these chapters gives the answer… “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” These chapters record what can happen in a culture that abandons the moral norms of Scripture! It’s where were headed as a culture as we more and more reject the moral guidance of Scripture and embraces “situational ethics” – what “seems right in their own eyes”. The inconceivable today becomes actual tomorrow. I’m Concerned… and praying!!