Proverbs 14:12, yeah that's right
In his book Generation Ex-Christian, about younger Christians leaving Christianity, author Drew Dyke tells a story of one interview with a young man who left Christianity to join the Wicca religion.
He expressed his rejection of Christianity with candor. “Ultimately why I left is that the Christian God demands that you submit to his will. In Wicca, it’s just the other way around. Your will is paramount. We believe in gods and goddesses, but the deities we choose to serve are based on our wills.”
Do you come up with a great idea and ask God to make it happen? Do you figure out how your life could be better and then ask God to make that happen? Do you wonder why God wouldn’t let you get the things you want? Do you wish God would listen to you better? If so, that sounds a lot like this young man’s reason for leaving Christianity and choosing to be Wiccan. (Wiccan, by the way, is not a viable option. There is one truth and it is that God is real and God is in charge.)
Just because you think something is right does not mean that it is right. “There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death.” That’s found in proverbs. What you think is right may not only be wrong, it may lead to your death, be it physical, emotional, spiritual, or eternal.
Have you come to understand that life only works when we follow God’s will, not our own will? How much more will you have to chase death before you can see it?
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