Numbers 33:55 (KJV)
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
I tend to apply passages such as this to the sin problem in my own flesh. The New Testament teaches us to “mortify the deeds of the flesh.” If I allow any trace of sin a place in my life—if I justify it, excuse it, or take pleasure in it—not only am I opposing the Word of God, but I am also setting myself up for trouble. As this passage puts it, those sins become “pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides.”
I try to be as non-judgmental of others as I can (though I admit I fail often) because I already have all I can do to judge what’s going on in this flesh of mine.
But there are many—perhaps the majority—who choose not to apply passages like this personally. They can only see the brutality of the text. Here’s the harsh reality: generally, those who take that approach also turn a blind eye to how truly terrible humanity is when unrestrained.
- They blame the gun, not the gunman, for mass shootings.
- They blame society, not the individual, for crime.
- Some even deny the Holocaust ever happened—or at least that it was as bad as history records.
The fact is, we do not know just how evil the Canaanites were. We forget that God’s judgment, unlike ours, is perfect. We make mistakes. He does not. To put God on trial for what we cannot understand is to put Him on the same level as ourselves. And that is really the problem: people have made themselves a god before God.
Closing Thought:
I learned about the tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk several hours after I wrote this Daily Visit with God. In light of his murder, this truth struck me even harder. Sin left unchecked in the heart and mind always leads to destruction. Whether in my own life or in society at large, what is not mortified will grow into thorns that wound, corrupt, and destroy. Only by humbling ourselves before the perfect judgment of God, and clinging to His righteousness, can we hope to overcome the evil that so deeply plagues this world.
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Don’t Excuse What Will Destroy: Tolerated Sin Turns Deadly
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