Invitation to look beyond the cover
2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good. (Proverbs 16:2) As a member of the human race, I speak as one fully aware of what the writer of Proverbs states in this passage. We are so consumed with what "looks good" - many times judging a book by its cover without inspecting the pages to see what is contained within. The perception of eyes often becomes the only method we utilize to determine the "goodness" or "evil" of a certain thing. We set ourselves up for accepting things that are clearly outside of God's best for our lives when we are only "cover readers". Let me give a few examples of how this works: David and Bathsheba - David was King of Israel, his troops are out fighting the battle to take more territory in the name of Israel, and he is at home, enjoying the view from his rooftop. He gazes upon Bathsheba, a beautiful woman, bathing on her rooftop (a custom of the day). ...