No King

I finished reading through the book of Judges this morning and the statement “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” struck me. The statement is found several times in the book of Judges. There’s a pattern to the book and Israel’s behavior. The children of Israel did their own thing and worshipped other gods and God judges them. The children of Israel say they’re sorry and God delivers them through men He chooses. There is peace for a number of years and the cycle repeats. The book shows the longsuffering of God and His love for His people.

The statement is so true for our society, “In our days there is no king; everyone does what was right in his own eyes.” In our society, we have no king for the most part. People who don’t have the King of the universe as their Lord and Master do what they feel is right in their own eyes. It’s not until the King reveals Himself to them that they see how far off they truly are in their actions and are changed. Until God draws these people to Himself, what they do seems right to them. Remember, only Christians are children of God so we know what is truly right; the average person is still the child of Satan and doesn’t know what right truly is.

Our society doesn’t have the true King. We do as Christians. As Christians (child of God) we have the King and do what He says is right and we have true peace. The world doesn’t have the King so they do what seems right for them and they have no peace. A friend sent me a link to a You Tube video about what Oprah is promoting these days on her show. It’s eye opening. Below is the link to it. If the link doesn’t work, just copy it and paste it and it will take you to the video at You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/v/JW4LLwkgmqA&hl=en

I hope you do know the King and that you do have peace.