Everyone Did As He Saw Fit

What could modern day Barbados possible have in common with ancient Israel? The commonality is found in Judges 21:25, ‘In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.’ The lawless attitude prevalent in Micah’s day also exists today in our country. With little respect for God, fellow citizen or even self; this should come as no surprise. People want to do their own thing; and they resent being told what they can or cannot do. Human opinions have usurped the law of the land, as well as God’s Word, as a guide for our lives.

We should be careful though. As Proverbs points out, human thoughts and opinions are a poor judgement of what is right. Human history is replete with examples of this lesson – people who do what is right in their own eyes, inevitably do what is evil in God’s eyes. Two kinds of people exist. Those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done.’ Then there are those who say to Him, ‘No, my will be done’. To which he says something to the effect of ‘Alright then, have it your way.’

Disregarding God’s absolute standard, in favour of humanistic wisdom (an oxymoron if ever there was one), results in chaos. It results in chaos spiritually, morally and socially. We could learn a lot from Israel’s mistakes as recorded in the book of Judges. Somehow though, it seems that the only lesson we learn from human history, is that we are doomed to repeat it. No wonder it is written, ‘For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.’ People will be doing what is right in their own eyes. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.