The One Year Bible - Day 257

When bad things happen, humans have such a large range of responses. Some people get angry, some fight, some weep, some rationalise and some try to avoid the experience or run away. What we realise however is that inside the sovereignty of the Lord, none of these will avail. If we are avoiders, avoiding will not work, if we are fighters, fighting will not work. In fact, the only thing that will ever work is aligning ourselves to what God wants, by listening to Him and obeying his voice. Rahab was a prostitute and humanly worthless but was saved with her family when the rest of Jericho perished for this simple reason - she listened to God's voice and obeyed it.