Week 1 Genesis 1-24
When I’m reading through I expect to find reliable things, things I can depend on, fundamental things.
A nice example of a solid thing I can latch onto is in the story of Abraham trying to barter a kind of bottom-dollar deal with the Lord over the preservation or destruction of the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah. His line of reasoning is that the Lord will not destroy what’s worth saving, the Lord will salvage what’s salvageable. And Abraham asks the question: should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right? It’s a statement put in the form of a question. Abraham isn’t looking for an answer. He knows that the judge of all the earth will do what is right.
That’s one of the solid reliables I’ll try to keep in mind as I move forward. A basic rule, a dependable rule is that the Lord does what’s right.
If God takes action then I know that the action is right.
If God takes action and I can’t dope out why it’s right then I still know that the action is right. My problem with doping it out is still a problem for me to work on, but my having a problem with it doesn’t make the action wrong.
Note: Abraham’s question is in Genesis 18:25 and the words are taken from the New Living Translation.