What would be one of the strongest intoxicants this world has to offer? To understand, let’s use the Bible to illustrate the dangers we face from this world. One of the strongest tugs on most people’s lives is a spirit of independence. Most humans, and even believers, seek to live as independently as we possibly can. We ponder personal goals, personal dreams, and cultivate personal ambitions—often without even realizing that as we do so that we are often just doing what we have decided is right. Note the very last verse of Judges.
Judges 21:25 In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. NKJV
Without a life anchored by God’s Word, self-determination and self-driven lives are the norm. Think about what you know about Israel entering the Promised Land. As the Jews entered Canaan, they found it unbelievably lush, green, and productive. God had warned them repeatedly about the evil of the people of the land, the Canaanite pagans whom God asked them to drive out and destroy.
Rather than get rid of them, Israel slowly began to think that maybe they knew more than God. Maybe their gods made the Land so fruitful. Slowly, Israel conformed to think and act like the Canaanites. This whole decline is explained in Psalm 106. Look at Psalm 106:34-36:
From GEM-04g – Living the Unintoxicated Life (071111PM)
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