Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #72

Making Good Choices

1 Samuel 2

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 12) "Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord." (v. 17) "This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt."

My Thoughts

Eli's sons had made some very bad choices. The Bible says that they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt. What they were doing was taking choice parts of the offerings that people made, before the fat was burned up, and fattening themselves on it. That was not what was supposed to have been done. They were only supposed to take a random portion, after the fat was burned.

Eli chose to favor his sons in the situation and not do as much as he could've. Eli only rebuked them, but he did nothing more when they did not listen to Him. Because of this, God took away the blessing that He gave to Eli, that God had chosen him to be His priest. He said that Eli's sons would die on the same day and that another would be raised up to be the priest.

Always do according to what is in God's heart so that your life will be built on Him and you live in Him. We all make many choices each day. Some are just small things, but are not insignificant. Some choices are recurring, when you continue to do the same thing or make the same choice often. Just be careful of the choices that you make.

We should always make wise choices and not make them hastily. I know that there are situations where you don't have a lot of time to make a choice. If we start making wise choices when we do have time to think about them, then when those split second decisions come, we will better be able to make the wiser choice faster. It's a skill like anything else, and it takes practice.

If you are ever unsure of a particular choice, talk to God about it. God knows best and He will help you to make the wisest choice. What Eli's sons did was not a split second decision. That was a conscious choice that they made to disobey God and to do what they knew was wrong. They chose wrong, knowingly and willingly. Don't be like them. Ask God for wisdom so that you can make the wisest choices that will lead you where God wants you to be.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!