How To Be Put Out of His Sight

Author

Wes Schaeffer
June 22, 2020

From today’s reading…

They rejected his statutes,

the covenant which he had made with their fathers,

and the warnings which he had given them, till,

in his great anger against Israel,

the LORD put them away out of his sight.

Only the tribe of Judah was left.” 2 Kings 17:15, 18

Good parents don’t just throw their kids out of the house when they’re five just for eating ice cream on the couch. Good parents love, nurture, and discipline their kids appropriately and when they come of age, if they continue acting not only inappropriately, but willfully and intentionally inappropriately, then a good parent drops the hammer.

Yes, tough love is a real thing and over and over again we see God serve it up for the Israelites who seem to forget the lessons.

Oh, did I say Israelites? I meant you and me. We need longer memories, more discipline, and greater attention to detail because knowing and following God’s warnings is the only way to…

Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.

Now go sell something.