No Wandering

DEVOTION
ROMANS
NO WANDERING

Rom 11:7-10
7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, 8 as it is written:
"God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. 10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
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It seems to me, as always each one of us, me, in my case has the choice to make regarding the condition of our hearts toward God. No doubt in this verse Paul is saying many of the people of Israel tried to find a justification in the law, and thus not in God, himself. Their hearts were bend on ways other than on God’s way. The lesson for me here is exactly the same, in the sense of finding any justification from my good works. I cannot, and the condition of my heart should be toward God, and His method of my justification, which is in Christ Jesus. Each person surely has the same situation regarding the condition of their hearts as well. I do believe if I allow myself to search in other areas for all I can find instead of God, my heart becomes dull toward God and thus in this sense it enters a state of stupor. If I continue to move away from God in my thinking or my behaviors, I soon become blind to His ways, and even cannot hear His still small voice giving me direction. It is a simple truth, I cannot allow this to happen, as if I do, the condition of being in a spiritual stupor, blinded by my own desires and hearing the call of the world so as I cannot here the call of my Lord, the result will be a physical one. My body will wither, my back bent over, illness and pain throughout my bones. No, I certainly must stay the course I am on, walking with my Lord, no wandering off on my own, and becoming one of those with darkened eyes, not being able to see the greatness of my Lord. This is the one and only thing I actually can do, be in control of, and have a part of so to speak in my salvation and justification. It is up to me to stay this journey I am on with God, no wandering.