Delaying what you know to do.

April 6, 2008

Judges 19 (MKJV)

7 And when the man rose up to leave, his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.

8 And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to leave. And the girl's father said, Please comfort your heart. And they stayed till afternoon, and both of them ate.

9 And when the man rose up to leave, he and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening. Please stay all night. Behold, the day grows to an end. Stay here so that your heart may be merry. And tomorrow go early on your way, so that you may go to your tent.

When you delay doing what you know to do is right, bad things are going to happen. The story here ends in a disaster. The man and his wife get delayed in their journey and she winds up dead. All the people of Israel came together and destroyed the offenders. All that is except the tribe of Benjamen. They were the ones that caused the trouble with the wife in the first place. From that they almost get their tribe wiped out.

When you know that you are supposed to do something' do it. Otherwise a whole sling of problems can result.

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