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Judges chapter 21, verse 25. In those days, there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right

in his own eyes. These are the last words in the book of judges. And there are words that we've seen

at other times in judges. This is a summary of God's people in the book of judges. Everyone did what

was right in his own eyes. And the result was horrible depravity.

The book of judges is so hard to read because of so many evil,

wicked things that we read about. And this is what happens when people do what is right in their own eyes. I just want to encourage you today in a

fresh way. Do not live according to what is right in your eyes. What you think is right. This is how

sin first entered the world with Adam and Eve saying,

we think it's better to eat this fruit. We think we know better than God what is best for our

lives. And every one of us is tempted to live that way today, to live like we know better than God.

And it plays out in so many different ways, but I just want to encourage you to resist that temptation right now and all day long.

To believe that God is perfectly good, perfectly loving, perfectly wise, and he is perfectly righteous.

And we are not, we are none of those things.

We are not perfectly good or righteous or wise or loving.

We don't know what is best for our lives.

God does. And he loves, and he will lead us today

according to His Word and by His Spirit if we will trust in Him and do what is right in His eyes.

So I just want to pray that over you and me. Oh God, in light of Judges 2125, we praise you as our king. We praise you,

Jesus, as the righteous king, who is all wise, all loving, all powerful, all good, just, merciful. And so we pray, by the power of your spirit in us,

help us to do what is right today in your eyes. At every moment, help us to speak what is right

in your eyes, to live according to what is right in your eyes, to make decisions that are right

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