Thursday; December 26
What would happen if God just left us alone? I know there is a lot of debate about just how active God is in our lives and our world, but let’s just pretend for a minute that God left us up to our own devices, what then? Well, interestingly enough, the Bible addressed just this scenario. The Apostle Paul writes of a life without Godly involvement in this way, “ And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice th