Micah 6:13-15 -- On Wholeness and Happiness

"Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine."
Micah 6:13-15


These verses remind me today of the danger of sin--it makes us think that we can get something for nothing, find happiness in doing iniquity, and so many other things that are just contrary to reality and the nature of happiness. As the verses indicate, even the things we work for, when based in sin, will be empty... because there is that God-shaped hole there within all of us, and if God isn't filling it, nothing else can, no matter what we throw in it, or whatever temporary respite we find. Nothing else works. Today, let's choose God and wholeness rather than sin and emptiness. Let's not confuse good and evil or think that we can find happiness through a false path. Let's realize that our choices have consequences and choose the path that leads to joy... the path that God has shown us.