Rationalize

As human beings, we have the ability to rationalize our behavior. When we are caught making any kind of mistake, we may choose to justify ourselves by making excuses or blaming someone else. Some of us become quite good at rationalizing, so good that we hardly ever feel like we have done something wrong. Others of us are so focused on our own well-being that we never feel like we have done anything wrong and we don’t need forgiveness. We feel that God’s standards do not apply to us.

Judges 17: 6, 13 says, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes…Then Micah said, ‘Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.'” We must be careful not to live as we want, ignoring God, and still expect Him to bless us. We cannot make God who we want Him to be and expect Him to give us whatever we want. Our faith is about knowing God and becoming like Him.