Can't Outwit God

I became a big fan of Survivor this season. I taped it every Thursday and usually stayed up late to watch it. I got into the characters and drama, the alliances and backstabbing, the broken deals and the word kept. It was pure drama all season. The tag line for Survivor is Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. It's the outwit part that usually plays the biggest role in the outcome.

It's the behind-the-scenes stuff that makes the game interesting, the secrets, the hush-hush meetings on remote parts of the island, all a part of the outwitting strategies people come with. Some smart people though are outwitted early in the game, trusting the wrong people, making the wrong promises, revealing the wrong secrets. The game of outwitting isn't unique to a reality game show, though. It's a game we all play in some way with God.

But we can't outwit God!

Our alliances, our deals, and especially our secrets are not kept from God. He's in on every detail of our life, sees what we do and who we really are. God knows our motivation for our actions and when we are trying to keep to ourselves, even what we are trying to keep to ourselves.

Israel, Judah and all the nations around them who have made alliances, deals and even fought wars couldn't keep anything from God. Nothing is sacred. Not even the "pagan" nations. All must stand before God's judgment. The book of Amos begins that judgment call for all the nations. No one was exempt. God knows everything and will judge accordingly.

Too often we fight against God trying to outthink, outwit, outplay in this game of life. But we can't. The good news is, God is on our side, making an eternal alliance with us, offering us the ultimate immunity from judgment (tribal council). No, we can't outwit God...


...so we embrace Him instead, because that's what He desires anyway.

Peace ><>
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