From time immemorial people have been on the quest for the good life. When things are going well, life is good. But then things start not going well, we begin to ask, Why?
Our Creator gave us the capacity not only to ask Why? but also the ability to reason so as to determine cause and effect, and then to respond differently the next time to obtain a better outcome. If our analysis is flawed, our reasoning will be skewed, and the solution we come up with may only make things worse.
Can you spot the flawed analyses, skewed reasoning, and misguided solutions in 1 Samuel 4-6?
About this series: Measured Lives
We’ll be exploring the lives of some of the people written about in 1st and 2nd Samuel. By their lives these men and women offer us rich wisdom and guidance. Our time and place are different, but we share with them the same temptations and hardships, as well as the same Source for victory and joy. For this reason, the Bible tells us, “everything written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope” (Romans 15:4).