Eggs-actly

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You are not supposed to do this, but sometimes it works just to prove that nothing happens by chance.

I sat down this morning and let my Bible fall open "on its own" and it fell open at Psalm 78. The passage at the top of the page began with verse 65:

"Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine. He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame. Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them" (78:65-72, NIV).

A little further along, in Psalm 118, we are reminded that though we have every expectation that our leaders and those of experience and expertise will give us good counsel, we need to begin any process by "putting our eggs in the right basket."

"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes" (118:8, 9, NIV).

Israel's trust was not always in the Lord. There was a huge price to pay for that even though the Lord continued to be merciful to her (78:38, 39) even in her darkest hours. But where Israel's choices were poor because her trust was misplaced, God's choices were perfect because He was, and is, perfect.

If we want the perfect choice, we have to put our eggs in the perfect basket.