696) I can’t imagine a world so evil that God said He was sorry He made man (Genesis 6:5-6), but in Judges 17:6, we see what caused yet another biblical period of history when God’s people disregarded His laws and “did what was right in their own eyes.” Punishment and the consequences of these choices brought nothing but heartache to the people of that time.

If we’re honest, this describes the world now. Many say, “No one is going to tell me what to do” and set out on a path of destruction. Even Christians can choose to travel down the same road thinking, “I know what I’m doing. I don’t need to ask for God’s guidance,” and the same consequences are the result. Doing “what is right in our own eyes” has a bad outcome. Perhaps we need to learn from the past.