An Idea Borrowed

Years ago on a radio program someone shared that they read a chapter in Proverbs every day. Since there are 31 chapters and the longest month has 31 days it allows you to read through Proverbs on a regular basis. I use it as the launch pad for my personal worship time and branch out from there. On this blog I will try to share some of the insights I have in the Word. I will try to organize them in the archive by reference.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Deal with It

(Psa 123:2 KJV)  Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

(Proverbs 30 also read)

There is a biblical concept that is very unpopular today.  It is the concept of being a slave of God.  This is rejected in our popular culture, which includes many churches, really, for two reasons.

One reason is spiritual.  Actually this is the root reason.  Our sinful nature, our self-centeredness, our need to be in charge, and wanting to be as gods rejects the idea that we are inadequate.  We know it.  We feel it.  But intellectually we reject it, especially as Americans.  Americans take equality seriously.  And it gets into our spiritual walks.  Submission is very difficult and slavery speaks of total submission.  That is why it is there as a biblical concept.

The second reason is social or political.  We live in a day and age where people make a lot of money by administrating guilt over the slavery of the past.  The politically correct crowd likes to make you think that the United States of America was unique in having slavery as a part of its culture at one point.  They overlook the fact that slavery has been common in human history from the very beginning.  They ignore the fact that during the slave trade Africa was not the only source of slaves, more slaves went to the Caribbean and South America than ever came to North America, and the survival rate of slaves in North America was much higher than anywhere else in the world.

So?  Get over the hangups imposed upon us by our own sin and the sinful attitude of our culture.   Submit yourself to God as Lord, King, and yes, Slave Master. 

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