Have it Your Way

Children often want things their way.  They want what they want, when they want and how they want without any regards to knowing if it is really good for them.  Sometimes a parent must make the hard choice of letting their child "have their way" in order to teach them some valuable lessons that not everything they want is good for them.

God sometimes allows us adults to "have our own way" as well.  He lets us (with much sadness) learn that what we want will not provide what we expect.  We need to learn that He knows what is best.

Hos 4:7-10 7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.  8 They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward their iniquity.  9 And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.  10 They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the harlot, but not increase, Because they have stopped giving heed to the Lord.  NAS

We better listen and obey the Lord's will for our lives and seek to avoid the desire to "have it our own way."